NASA's Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore report hearing ‘strange noises’ coming from faulty Starliner

Hindustan Times ^ | 9/2/24 | Aditi Srivastava

[hardspunned]

NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore have raised alarms about a series of "strange noises" coming from the malfunctioning Starliner capsule as of August 1, 2024. With a long way still to go before making it back to Earth, the veteran astronauts, currently residing on the International Space Station (ISS), are reportedly encountering a ‘pulsing noise, almost like a sonar ping,’ according to the recording, first shared by a meteorologist named Rob Dale.

[bunkerhill7]

Elon Musky

[Gaffer]

Probably a sonar beacon for a water landed reentry.

[DoodleBob]

[hardspunned]

Had you heard of this before? It seems as though it is real regardless of when it was first noticed. After a month, what did they find?

[jmacusa]

“Open the pod bay door Hal’’.

[baclava]

Starliner is becoming self-aware

[Fai Mao]

“It’s haunted Jim”

[Jonty30]

Run.

[Jonty30]

Does the ISS have a way to unhitch Boing Boing ships?
The whole thing may come tumbling down.

[wardaddy]

She’s a chopper pilot with lots of hours and experienced shuttle tripper

He’s former tac fighter pilot etc with reams of time and three prior space trips

Not exactly right stuff types but not nubies either

[Secret Agent Man]

I think this capsule doesn’t have s/w to undock without being piloted from inside the capsule. And I don’t think they are able to do a s/w update on it either. Not at present anyway.

[BlackVeil]

Yes. I’ve seen this film before ...

[Jonty30]

How long is the battery life of the star ship?

[Angelino97]

Probably a sonar beacon for a water landed reentry.

Or a sonar beacon ring tone.

[C210N]

Sounds like Sputnik

[38special]

Game over, man!

[House Atreides]

Hear the sound:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwP5IkOqQ28

[Nervous Tick]

>> Figure it out...

Cameras everywhere, heart rate monitors attached to both of ‘em...

Just saying.

[Beowulf9]

Puts me in mind of the Titan Submarine. Chilling. I hope that’s not it.

[Ronaldus Magnus III]

The very first thing that came to mind was the intro music to the X-Files.

The Starliner capsule will attempt the return to Earth without anyone aboard.

Some of the recent Boeing stories are really airline maintenance issues. That said, I do not believe it is possible for Boeing to recover.

One of the few moves Boeing could make that would improve their standing is to endorse President Trump; however, President Trump just might respond with: “thanks, but, no thanks.”