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Astronauts who were supposed to take 8 day ISS trip may be stranded until 2025 due to Boeing spaceship issues
NY Post ^ | 08/07/2024 | Ronny Reyes

Posted on 08/07/2024 1:15:15 PM PDT by DFG

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To: old-ager

“How could they have enough supplies to last that long?”

Routine re-supply missions. Russia with Soyuz, SpaceX has the cargo Dragon capsule and NASA can fly Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus for re-supply. There are re-supply launches every three months.


101 posted on 08/08/2024 6:23:29 AM PDT by USAF1985 (Joe McCarthy is a hero...he was absolutely, 100% correct! (Let’s go Brandon!))
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To: cgbg

} drop it in the ocean as soon as possible. {

Where?

https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:-2.8/centery:-6.0/zoom:2


102 posted on 08/08/2024 8:05:05 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

yup


103 posted on 08/08/2024 8:05:21 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: SaveFerris
The Boeing Starliner was launched with known issues

I think they ALL are.

Sigma Six gets ya close, but still...




 

Sigma levelSigma (with 1.5σ shift)DPMOPercent defectivePercentage yieldShort-term CpkLong-term Cpk
1−0.5691,46269%31%0.33−0.17
20.5308,53831%69%0.670.17
31.566,8076.7%93.3%1.000.5
42.56,2100.62%99.38%1.330.83
53.52330.023%99.977%1.671.17
64.53.40.00034%99.99966%2.001.5
75.50.0190.0000019%99.9999981%2.331.83


104 posted on 08/08/2024 8:12:25 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Indy Pendance

I thought so

Been a long time


105 posted on 08/08/2024 10:30:41 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: DFG

They probably think it was a good thing to have a short delay as it was all new and now this... not so good.
Wearing the same clothes for months on end 🤢😖


106 posted on 08/08/2024 2:27:07 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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To: DFG

THis will teach them not to put their seat in the full upright position.


107 posted on 08/08/2024 2:28:26 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: DFG

These astronauts should sue Boeing for millions.


108 posted on 08/08/2024 7:50:40 PM PDT by Theo (FReeping since 1997 ... drain the swamp.)
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To: DFG

That rather sucks... Hope they brought extra batteries for their Game Boys!


109 posted on 08/09/2024 9:43:11 AM PDT by Svartalfiar
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