On April 27 2024 07:31 {CC}StealthBlue wrote:
Boeing's Starliner crewed launch is scheduled for May 6th.

https://twitter.com/SciGuySpace/status/1783602939069603954

Jesus christ...

Space Shuttle flew, so... I'm not surprised to be honest.

{CC}StealthBlue

United States41117 Posts

April 30 2024 00:00 GMT

#4943

{CC}StealthBlue

United States41117 Posts

May 04 2024 14:59 GMT

#4944

Will be the first ever private spacewalk.

ZerOCoolSC2

9037 Posts

May 04 2024 18:41 GMT

#4945

I figured they would just upgrade the suit and make sure it tested well. Looks super sleek and if it performs as expected, then NASA will look even more silly for how long their suit is taking.

oBlade

United States5968 Posts

May 05 2024 09:10 GMT

#4946

On April 27 2024 07:31 {CC}StealthBlue wrote:
Boeing's Starliner crewed launch is scheduled for May 6th.

https://twitter.com/SciGuySpace/status/1783602939069603954

Jesus christ...

Are you Jesus Christing the fact that Starliner exceeds NASA's safety margins by NASA's own estimation, or the fact that you don't believe NASA safety evaluations, or that spaceflight is dangerous, or...?

ZerOCoolSC2

9037 Posts

May 05 2024 15:59 GMT

#4947

He's probably saying that because it barely passes the bare minimum. You can accept that on a test score, not a rocket that could explode and kill the crew.

Fleetfeet

Canada2682 Posts

May 05 2024 23:02 GMT

#4948

It's a test score FOR a rocket that could explode and kill people, though. Is it a bare minimum? 1/300 SEEMS rough but I have very little context for what those odds represent.

Harris1st

Germany7139 Posts

May 06 2024 10:45 GMT

#4949

Kinda hard to gauge. Statistics is one thing but if the rocket actually explodes/ malfunctions it's not a 1 in 300 but a 2 for 2

Walterdunn22

1 Post

May 12 2024 20:49 GMT

#4950

--- Nuked ---

CuddlyCuteKitten

Sweden2744 Posts

June 06 2024 16:42 GMT

#4951

SpaceX had a very succesfull 4th test launch of Starship. Pretty insane stream. All hail the terminator flap. 😀

zatic

Zurich15365 Posts

June 06 2024 18:26 GMT

#4952

Stream was insane yes. I love how ecstatic they are. Truly the most impressive company in the world.

And off the world.

ZerOCoolSC2

9037 Posts

June 07 2024 03:11 GMT

#4953

I was riding the train and was hoping to watch it live at work. NOPE! They launched like 3 minutes after I got on the train. I was mad.

I've watched it 4 times since though. Pressing F to the flap that was a soldier til the end. The views they got were breathtaking.

Lmui

Canada6223 Posts

June 07 2024 06:45 GMT

#4954

There's enough resilience to failure with the stability systems to keep it under control all the way down in tatters which is incredible. I wouldn't be surprised to hear that despite everything that happened, starship landed within tens of meters of the intended target, at a speed which would've been survivable for contents inside had it been on a landing pad of some sort.

Big F for the flap though, that thing hung on like a champ, all the way til the end, hopefully it floated or something so they can recover it and show how little remained of it.

ZerOCoolSC2

9037 Posts

June 07 2024 14:03 GMT

#4955

Boeing made it to space and even docked with the ISS. Added a few more helium leaks along the way, but hey, mission accomplished! (Well, for now. In 7 days we'll see what happens).

It's good to see Boeing in the race, but I feel like they missed their chance. I feel like SpaceX can just launch from both coasts and Texas and get all of the missions it's scheduled to do, done and reliably. I want Boeing to succeed because it'll be fun to have 2 companies launching. But they really need to fix that company.

And Blue Origin needs to get their shit together as well.

Yurie

12076 Posts

July 09 2024 20:26 GMT

#4956

Ariane 6 seems to have gone quite well today. Re-ignition in space seems to have worked out fine as well, which was the main improvement over 5 as I understand it.

micronesia

United States24765 Posts

July 14 2024 03:11 GMT

#4957

I attended an event this evening where the keynote speaker was NASA Astronaut Kayla Barron. She was the one who, when selected as astronaut, caused me to give up on the dream lol. She had some good stories at least.

Yurie

12076 Posts

July 17 2024 19:34 GMT

#4958

The current situation of SpaceX being temporarily grounded combined with the Helium leaks from the Boeing craft is interesting. Normally you would just use Russia to fly to the ISS if anything was required, a bit harder right now.

oBlade

United States5968 Posts

July 17 2024 19:50 GMT

#4959

Interesting result is that US outnumbers Russia 2:1 at the ISS now.

ZerOCoolSC2

9037 Posts

August 08 2024 03:40 GMT

#4960

So, Starliner astronauts are stranded on the ISS and that mission is pushing every other Crew mission back. Rumor is NASA is about to send 2 and grab the stranded 2 astronauts so that they can come back. Another rumor is that they might be stuck there until February when the next rotation happens.

Boeing clearly isn't up to the task, so who's next?