Boeing Starliner: Nasa to fly new craft to space station | BBC News

Two Nasa astronauts are due to head for the International Space Station aboard a new spacecraft.

Boeing’s Starliner will blast off from Cape Canaveral in Florida, in its first crewed test flight.

The mission has been delayed for several years because of setbacks in the spacecraft's development.

If it is successful, it will become the second private firm able to provide crew transport to and from the ISS, alongside Elon Musk's SpaceX.

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[trashwebsite_user]

These astronauts are not suicidal... just a friendly reminder for boeing

[addict]

Hopefully they don’t lose any doors mid flight.

[天天向上-if]

Astronaut: No, thanks, I chose to climb up by myself

[HaHaBIah]

Bit ominous that we had to be reassured on the safety

[RollinLeonard]

Imagine all the assassinations of whistleblowers if a shuttle door falls off.

[Pete_Finch]

Perfect time to launch humans into space for Boeing, since they haven't had any safety questions or scandals in

[Old-ded-memes]

To show their appreciation, Boeing is offering free window seats for whistleblowers.

[TheSilverGate]

Boeing?? These astronauts don't know what fear is 😂

[hankreardon]

They can’t even keep their planes together. How are they planning to keep a spacecraft together?

[unconnected]

5:00 - Did she just say this is going to bring costs down because Boeing can undercut SpaceX? Please lady, tell me you know nothing about the current state of spacelaunch economics without telling me you know nothing about the current state of spacelaunch economics.

WITH a monopoly SpaceX is charging $55M/seat.
Without a monopoly Boeing is charging $90M/seat.
Boeing is throwing every rocket it uses to launch these things in the garbage after launch and this program went $1.4 Billion over budget so we're tell me the chances of us seeing them cutting the costs by 50% anytime soon.

[illhitu]

What are the betting odds on failure atm?

[AgentX]

Boeing is always doing leading edge spacecraft technologies and Starliner is a good example of this!

[ganlet]

Trusting Boeing’s build quality requires much more bravery than just going to space. Best wishes to the astronauts.

[island]

4:54. "SpaceX cant change whatever they like"...ummm spacex was paid 2.6B for 6 crewed flights. Boeing was paid 4.8B for 6 flights and went over budget. Having boeing as a competitor has zero impact on spacex who have already locked in an additional 8 crewed missions .

[RealUlrichLeland]

Challenger disaster 2 - electric boogaloo

[HannahHeavens-pext]

They can’t even fly airplanes safely on earth

[taurusx]

I would think space x with its reusable rockets would be a cheaper option

[boris]

Imagine if it landed by mistake in my favourite village.

[markplain]

I'm glad I'm not the only one associating the starliner with the dreamliner disaster.

[skreety]

Oh my God!! Are the hatches installed???😂😂😂