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December 19th, 2019, 12:07 PM
#501
Preparing for launch for an unmanned test flight tonite... or early tomorrow morning... Boeing is finally catching up to SpaceX!
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December 20th, 2019, 08:46 AM
#502
Okay, correction, Boeing is not catching up to SpaceX....
I think Boeing needs to subcontract all future software work to a more legit silicon valley software companies in the future. Maybe they can help do a better job at ensuring the Starliner and the 737Max to do their jobs properly!
https://www.theverge.com/2019/12/20/...-failure-orbit
Anyway, so the glitch means it won't dock with the space station, lets hope it can at least come back home safely...
I am kinda surprised to learn that the Starliner has such a small fuel tank. One wrong maneuver means you won't have much fuel left to perform another one?
One thing I have to say about Boeing's recent woes is that I really don't think corporate greed was the problem. I think Boeing has a more serious problem... that is arrogance. We think we know what we're doing... FAA trusted that we know what we're doing... and earlier good safety records falsely proved that we know what we're doing..., but obviously Boeing has let it's guard down which resulted in a lot of careless, unnecessary errors. Sigh...
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December 20th, 2019, 11:31 AM
#503
Ask me about my bottom br
Boeing: Too big to fail.
SpaceX: Why not?
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December 20th, 2019, 12:23 PM
#504
If Boeing doesn’t get its act together, after Elon Musk achieves intercontinental travel thru his BFRs, Boeing would probably be finished.
Also saw a lot of YouTube commenters saying the launch was boring because it lacked more onboard views like what SpaceX did. All they showed were mission control folks...
Maybe if they had more onboard cameras, they could’ve seen the mistaken maneuvers the vehicle was making and correct in time?
Anyway, very disappointing...
Last edited by Crazed_Insanity; December 20th, 2019 at 12:27 PM.
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December 20th, 2019, 04:44 PM
#505
I think that Verge article is needlessly negative.
Remember: space travel is hard. That’s why we do test flights. Better to fail now And learn about it than to fail on a real mission and lose a life.
Also nobody would’ve died had it been a crewed flight.
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December 20th, 2019, 11:44 PM
#506
You sound as nice as Elon!
Yeah, it’s not a major problem I suppose, but I’m personally kinda disappointed and embarrassed... since I spent the past 5 years working on it...
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December 22nd, 2019, 10:30 AM
#507
Safe return to earth!
https://apple.news/AwJv6m3BVRrSlkC7Aum6KfQ
Folks at SoCal worked mostly at structural design and testing of the Starliner. Reentry resulted in the most loading onto the capsule. Capsule sees nearly 400,000 lbs of aero loading while decelerating from Mach 25... so I’m glad the vehicle survived as predicted...
Anyway, I think Boeing is repeating the same Max issue with the Starliner. Obvious we have a capable vehicle, but we really need more redundancy with the software. I can’t believe Max was relying on a single sensor. Likewise Starliner was relying on a single timer... why couldn’t the system double check with other sensors?
With an experienced crew, surely we could ensure safe journey by manually fix such anomalies. Boeing just need to make sure they don’t sell these commercial capsules to cheap space liners hiring inexperienced astronauts in 3rd world countries...
Last edited by Crazed_Insanity; December 22nd, 2019 at 05:27 PM.
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January 15th, 2020, 10:10 AM
#508
Finally able to see the onboard video.
Don't really understand why they didn't or couldn't transmit these videos live during the actual mission.
Could've stopped the random firing of the thrusters that wasted so much fuel which resulted it having to abort trying to dock with the space station.
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January 19th, 2020, 07:49 AM
#509
SpaceX successfully completed an inflight abort test. They’re trying to fly their capsule away from the rocket during the worst phase of the rocket flight and see if they can safely eject and land the capsule...
I think it’s not really a NASA requirement, that’s why Boeing isn’t doing the same test. Suffice to say SpaceX is doing a swell job, doing more things for less money...
This article below also has video footage of the test: https://apple.news/ASriVypv5Q8u383R4D5Ty5g
Both Boeing and SpaceX suffered delays, but commercial space travel should be happening within our lifetime. Not sure about it being affordable though...
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January 19th, 2020, 01:54 PM
#510
Great news!
Now we need a date for the launch with people.
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