Boeing Starliner is about to launch its first crew. Warning Nasa astronauts...

Boeing Starliner is about to launch its first crew. Warning Nasa astronauts...
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Boeing Starliner is about to launch its first crew. Warning Nasa astronauts...
In an optimistic turn of events, Boeing's Starliner spacecraft might finally embark on a crewed flight this spring. Let's hope that this time around, the spacecraft doesn't encounter any further issues. More importantly, we're keeping our fingers crossed for the safety of the astronauts onboard. Failure is simply not an option when it comes to crewed missions. Tune in to today's episode of Great SpaceX to learn more about this exciting development!

Picture this engineer's nightmare: After nearly a decade of meticulous spacecraft construction, rigorous testing, and countless safety checks, you're on the verge of launching NASA astronauts into space in just a month. Then, out of the blue, comes the bombshell: the tape meticulously wrapped around the concealed wires within the spacecraft, meant to shield them from short circuits, is flammable. Now, faced with the looming threat of a catastrophic fire, the only option is to painstakingly dismantle the entire spacecraft to locate and rectify the issue. It's a daunting task, but the stakes couldn't be higher.
Adding insult to injury, another critical flaw emerged: the key link in the parachutes responsible for safely guiding the capsule back to Earth is composed of a material that falls short of our stringent safety standards. This revelation adds yet another item to the laundry list of technical issues plaguing the Starliner program, which has already faced numerous setbacks, pushing back its inaugural crewed test flight from 2017 to the present year. In response, engineers have been hard at work over the past year, overhauling crucial components of the parachute system and painstakingly removing approximately 1.3 kilometers of the flammable tape, known as P213, from the Starliner spacecraft.

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To be resolved, thank you.

[setlikgaming]

I have a bad feeling about this launch. Boeing and DEI.

[jcdisci]

You couldn't pay me enough to be part of the first manned flight on this deathtrap!

[stephensfarms]

I would never ride this one. No thanks Boeing.

[rocroc]

There is absolutely no way this flight with astronauts should be allowed to go without a prior successful test flight. Who is going to stand before the public and report they were the one responsible if this flight goes wrong? The last I heard was that they were replacing as much tape as they could but not all of the tape. While that may have changed, once a vehicle like this is completely dismantled and then reconstructed it is has to be retested. It is that simple.

[bfwebster]

I worked on the Space Shuttle flight simulators at NASA/JSC back in 1979-80, then subsequently went to work at the Lunar & Planetary Institute. When the date of the first Shuttle flight approached (April 1981), I had a co-worker at LPI ask me if I'd fly on that first launch. I said, "In a heartbeat."

No way in hell I'd go up in that Boeing capsule. Boeing has serious quality issues across its entire company.

[vincenthalas]

Given the recent track record of Boeing, I would never board this vessel.

[tonydezurik]

Sure hope all the bolts are installed...this time

[franciscook]

Boeing's Starliner test pilot (Chris Ferguson) quit. I wonder why.
Boeing's problems, in my opinion, derive from the fundamental failure of management to do job No. 1 - listen to those doing the work; to actually hear and take on board what is being said. They are failing to heed warnings about staff morale, stress, tiredness, engineering mistakes, tolerance exceedances etc etc. It appears to be a companywide cultural issue that will take a long time and many more deaths to fix.

[garystrankman]

Well Boeing can't even keep a 737 in the air so why would anyone expect them to get it right with a space craft!!

[ldifalco]

From the folks that brought you the 737 Max, an airliner with the same fuselage originally designed in 1965. What could go wrong?

[ftswarbill]

*Can you Imagine being one of the Astronauts unlucky enough to get stuck flying on that starliner piece of junk instead of a SpaceX Dragon? I feel bad for them at this point.*

[leonardgibney]

Brave guys. You'd never get me on one of those.

[ANathan]

There has been so many problems with the starliner that I wouldn’t trust it

[KomarBrolan]

They must be using the 737 Max inspectors on this project as well.😂

[hjpatrick]

The Starliner crew members were young when they were first selected for the mission.

[sectoroffshore]

Lets hope the door doesn't blow out.

[craigsinnott]

Genuinely worried for the crew, I know there is always that risk, with this one, I just don't trust those behind Starliner. 😕

[MitchellStil]

Like government, big companies become bureaucratic where the goal is who is controlling the project rather than the project itself. Too many things were missed in the development. Especially since we have been sending people into space for 3 generations or over 60 yrs. It is not a new technology starting from scratch. Bureaucracy is a killing of governments and over blotted companies.

[avgjoe]

Moving engineers from project to project... before the project is done... what could go wrong? A bean counter's dream (an engineer's nightmare). Boeing has made a FUBAR out of: 737Max, 787 (logistical nightmare), 777X (delayed again), Starliner fiasco, "pause" on new development.
No... it must be working.

Try changing out the upper management and move the offices to South Carolina. Right now they are 1500 mi from their engineers and workers and its clear management can't hear them. The 737Max mess is a classic example of bean counters designing aircraft. Engines too large... A: make landing gear longer. B: make the plane unstable by moving them forward and include a magic box (with no "off" switch and not rudundant) that will prevent crashing... until it causes it.

[mikemicksun]

Boeing could make a toilet for 100 million but would it flush.