Boeing's Starliner Finally Takes a Crew to Space

a reply to: belkide

The docking came after an earlier wave off do to failure of several RCS thrusters

That was a bit later than originally planned. Starliner missed its first docking chance, at 12:15 p.m. EDT (1615 GMT), after five of its 28 reaction-control thrusters malfunctioned. But the mission team got four of those impacted thrusters back online, and Starliner was cleared to approach the ISS in the next window.

Question is why Boeing having so many issue with the spacecraft and the RCS thrusters in partucular

a reply to: firerescue

The RCS thrusters are in the service module, built by L3Harris. The leak was known about ahead of time and NASA made the choice to launch with it leaking as is. It apparently got worse from the vibration of the launch, to the surprise of no one but NASA.

a reply to: Zaphod58

L3Harris

My fire department recently bought new batch of radios from Harris

Biggest pile of crap ever seen Had so many problems with them Not NFPA compliant which means in high heat will MELT !!

Not a good thing to have when crawling into a burning building .........

a reply to: firerescue

We had a bunch of scanners forced on airports many years ago that were deemed unsuitable by the FAA IG of all people. Some Congressperson's wife was a lobbyist for L3 so she got it put in the federal budget that they either take the machines and put them in airports or they don't get funded at all. They were godawful pieces of crap, especially compared to the competitor machines.

a reply to: Zaphod58

Wonder if this reflects on Boeing recent mode of doing things cheap ,and nasty to save money

a reply to: firerescue

There are only so many companies out there that can build something like the SM. L3Harris might not have the best track record on equipment, and plays politics, but in terms of military contracts, and space stuff they're not the worst out there. And Boeing has a long track record with them with other equipment that they build.

a reply to: gortex

Pure CG. There was no launch.

a reply to: Zaphod58

Given SPACE X track record of successful launches , the Boeing Clusterf*ck of delays, its over 5 years late, and myriad of
problems coming one on top of another is difficult to fathom

a reply to: Zaphod58

Exactly. The US Postal Service is a great example of how the Feds run things.

I just watched a You Tube vid of the landing. (I'm a long time lurker . . . decades, but a noob at posting . . no Idea how to link a vid) Looked like they almost lost a flap during reentry burn. It was melting and pieces were flying off of it to the point that it blinded the camera pointed at it. Looked like a significant portion of the flap just burned up.

How close was this to becoming another Shuttle disaster?

originally posted by: LocutusofBorg001
How close was this to becoming another Shuttle disaster?

This was just the rocket stage landing. The crew will return in a capsule, same as Apollo / Soyuz / Dragon

a reply to: wildespace2

Thanks for the correction. I must ask how close were they to losing this booster altogether?

originally posted by: hoobah
a reply to: gortex

Pure CG. There was no launch.

Why would they fake the near melting-off of the rocket stabiliser, and docking problems?

originally posted by: hoobah
a reply to: gortex

Pure CG. There was no launch.

Oh , well that's disappointing.
Guess the crew must have Teleported to the ISS in that case , because that's where they are now.

a reply to: LocutusofBorg001

That was Starship, not Starliner. They flew ITF4 yesterday. Starliner docked with the ISS yesterday, and will be there until at least the 14th, although that's subject to change as the mission goes on.

originally posted by: CarlLaFong
a reply to: gortex

It's a great day for America.
What a nail-biter, though.

Wtf!

Do you work for the Boeing PR department or something?

Have you not been paying attention to the whistle-blowers dying and the boeing planes falling apart in the air?

Boeing is the antithesis of free market capitalist company. It's a representation of a late stage capitalist monopoly that is concerned with profits more than safety and producing a reliable product.




Have you not seen any of this?

Or do you not care so long as it's cheering on the establishment that has you all convinced that worshiping at the alter of the MIC is somehow patriotic.

Cheerleading for a company that's primarily profits are derived from selling weapons of war to nations that will use them against civilians is NOT patriotic.

This blind patriotism many of you display will be our downfall. The world is moving away from America being the dominant force and currency. Our decadence is destroying us and companies like Boeing are to blame.

Its where the majority of the woke BS comes from. Corporate America created the culture war to derail the occupy walstreet and tea party movements that were gaining enough momentum to make an actual difference in this country.

a reply to: JAY1980

Right, because these planes that are over ten years old and having problems are totally Boeing’s fault. As for several of those “problems” funny how you accuse someone of blindly cheering on Boeing, while you blindly believe the media when they bash Boeing. Boeing has real issues, but the media is stretching to declare things that aren’t, “highly dangerous problems”.

a reply to: JAY1980

Well, at least you didn't call folk with different opinions to yours "morons" for a change so let's be grateful for small mercies.

a reply to: JAY1980

Lol.

Wtf!

Do you work for the Boeing PR department or something?

Ne brisons pas les vitres des maisons de verre. En les accusant d'avoir des arrière-pensées, vous assumez une affiliation avec Airbus.

Translation: What, do you work for Airbus or something?

a reply to: Degradation33

I failed French O Level. Parlez vous Franglais?