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Starliner Now Expected to Launch No Sooner Than May 17
The long-awaited first crewed mission of Boeing's Starliner spacecraft will be delayed for more than a week after engineers identified an issue that halted launch preparations on Monday.
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#1 | Posted by REDIAL at 2024-05-08 03:11 PM | Reply
Over here trying to find why because the headline, summary, and tweet don't say it..
A valve failed testing on the rocket portion of the stack.
"The decision came after the United Launch Alliance team, which assembled the Atlas V rocket that Starliner will ride to space, identified an issue with a valve on the second stage, or upper portion, of the rocket."
That's how it's supposed to work in rocketry. Test, fix, test, then fly.
#2 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2024-05-09 09:42 AM | Reply
And yet Space-x did this 4 years earlier for 1/2 the cost.
Why pay dbl. for failure?
#3 | Posted by bat4255 at 2024-05-09 10:35 AM | Reply
Test, fix, test, then fly.
#2 | POSTED BY SITZKRIEG
And then when a door flies off because of missing bolts. Then you investigate find a fix and then try and cover up and deny you have put profits over safety. That's how it actually works at Boeing.
Apparently.
#4 | Posted by donnerboy at 2024-05-09 11:39 AM | Reply
It's all in the linked article. It won't fit in the headline.
#5 | Posted by REDIAL at 2024-05-09 11:46 AM | Reply
That's how it's supposed to work in rocketry. Test, fix, test, then fly. #2 | POSTED BY SITZKRIEG
I didn't hear this from you when Musk was having issues?
But as I stated, this is how technology advances.
#6 | Posted by oneironaut at 2024-05-09 12:09 PM | Reply
#5 | POSTED BY REDIAL AT 2024-05-09 11:46 AM | REPLY | FLAG:
"Sticky valve grounds Starliner rocket"
#7 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2024-05-09 12:39 PM | Reply
I didn't hear this from you when Musk was having issues? But as I stated, this is how technology advances.
#6 | POSTED BY ONEIRONAUT AT 2024-05-09 12:09 PM | FLAG:
SpaceX engineering has never had concerning issues, minus that Starship test that was slow responding to the self-destruct, Falcon is a lot of COTs repackaged with landing legs. It's the business model that's sus.
#8 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2024-05-09 12:42 PM | Reply
And then when a door
#4 | POSTED BY DONNERBOY AT 2024-05-09 11:39 AM | FLAG:
You should be old enough to remember AAF 243. They made movies about it.
#9 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2024-05-09 12:43 PM | Reply
I was more interested in the new launch date.
#10 | Posted by REDIAL at 2024-05-09 12:58 PM | Reply
You should be old enough to remember AAF 243.
If you want something newer, a Fed Ex 767 landed in Istanbul yesterday with no nose gear.
#11 | Posted by REDIAL at 2024-05-09 05:58 PM | Reply
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