« First « Previous Comments 219 - 248 of 248 Search these comments
Tampa 737 Flight has landing gear failure
https://x.com/CollinRugg/status/1811182823220576527
Sheeeeeeit. Damn Old White Perfectionist Male Engineers.
Hyperbolic much. Good pilot yet somehow it’s Boeings fault American didn’t maintain their tires?
Boeing, Boeing. Yesterday, ArsTechnica ran an embarrassing science story headlined, “NASA says it is ‘evaluating all options’ for the safe return of Starliner crew.” The sub-headline added, “SpaceX is actively working on a plan to fly Starliner's crew home.”
It has now been eight weeks since Boeing's Starliner spacecraft launched on an eight-day mission to the International Space Station. The problems started on the way up, when they landing gear fell off and the engine caught fire. Wait, that was a different Boeing aircraft.
Actually, while en route to the space station, Boeing reported some “really small” helium leaks and “relatively minor” thruster failures. Ever since then, Boeing and NASA have offered one “minor” and “pretty small” excuse after another, and reported on one exciting test or repair that never went anywhere.
Nobody seems to know exactly what the problem is. It’s complicated! Meanwhile, astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have literally been hanging in limbo, eating liquified tube protein, and going to the bathroom in something that looks like the business end of a vacuum cleaner.
NASA and Boeing have repeatedly denied the astronauts are “stuck” on the Space Station, or anywhere for that matter, and keep saying the astronauts are just working remotely, in space. They have described the deferred return decisions as being solely related to an abundance of caution. You can’t be too careful.
Elon has really been having a moment lately. ArsTechnica’s article yesterday reported rumors that Elon Musk’s SpaceX team in Florida is hurriedly working on a project to rescue the definitely-not-stranded astronauts in one of its own Dragon spaceships, a development that would further humiliate Boeing and smother its shuttling contract along with its new Starliner series.
NASA, taking cues on transparency from the FBI and the CDC, refused to confirm whether or not it asked SpaceX to come to the rescue, saying only that it was “evaluating all options.”
Astronauts Remain Stranded in Space
BRING THEM HOME: Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore’s Families Speak up as the
Astronauts Remain Stranded in Space... Just imagine that one of your beloved family
members sets out in a trip supposed to last around 8 days but it turns out it may end up
lasting as much as eight MONTHS.
It’s hard to imagine that someone would react in a very stoic way about it - especially
if the unimaginable delay is caused by the by now legendary Boeing technical troubles.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/08/bring-them-home-suni-williams-butch-wilmores-families/
This means, NASA’s Artemis-2 2024 program to land on moon will get postponed.
So...uhhh...how many pairs of underwear did the astronauts bring with them ???
BREAKING: NASA announces Boeing Starliner astronauts to return to Earth on SpaceX’s Crew Dragon.
Due to the high risk of thruster failure on the Boeing Starliner, NASA cannot risk putting astronauts in it for the return trip to earth.
Boeing was paid $4.2 billion and has failed on two different test flights to achieve mission objectives.
SpaceX was paid $2.6 billion for Dragon Crew and reached space in 2020 and has delivered numerous missions with cargo and 49 astronauts to the Space Station.
Cancel.
The.
Contract.
The ISS is actually kinda screwed now, since the Shitliner is taking up dockspace, and nobody knows if it's software or thrusters can successfully detach it and kick it back down with any reasonable chance of success.
They shouldn't be in space
It's a huge undertaking to build a plane that flies 1,000 times daily and safely. Way more than a car. I don't think it's smart to do planes AND space travel. Boeing needs to pick their pony and get back to excelling at planes. Government doesn't help though dangling the corruption carrot in front of the pony with grants.
I have defended Boeing in the past. They shouldn't be in space in my opinion. But, is the docking part 100% on Boeing? I admittedly have not read too much into this specific story. I'm fine with launching satellites into orbit, but I think the space station is a waste of time at this point. Maybe it's time to just let it go. Have they not had a couple decades to study? It's low earth orbit anyway. There can't be anything else to discover unless we're sending idiots up there.
« First « Previous Comments 219 - 248 of 248 Search these comments
https://x.com/ChuckCallesto/status/1748236371351781726?s=20