Boeing Starliner
Discussion
Landing livestream https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b38sm4h2iWA
Flooble said:
With Starliner only rated to launch on Atlas, and all the Atlas boosters now booked, what booster would Boeing use to launch any other Starliner missions?
My feeling is that they are hoping NASA will pay for man-rating the Vulcan, rather than Boeing having to pay for it themselves. Not sure who paid to man-rate the Atlas V.Of course they'd never consider putting it on a Falcon 9
They also said the 737 Max was safe to fly...
https://spaceflightnow.com/2024/05/24/nasa-says-bo...
...and from the NASA side, they also said Challenger was good to go
https://spaceflightnow.com/2024/05/24/nasa-says-bo...
...and from the NASA side, they also said Challenger was good to go
Beati Dogu said:
It's complicated by the fact it's an instantaneous launch window, because it's on an intercept with the ISS
Would the fact that they're trying for an instantaneous launch window of the first manned test flight indicate that the vehicle lacks the capability to reach the ISS from a lower phasing orbit ?Dog Star said:
At the moment I’m not convinced they’re going home on Starliner….
I know that SpaceX are due to launch Crew 9 in early August - I wonder how much they could bring that forward as a 'rescue' mission.There are a few things they'd have to do first though, like build a couple of suits in Wilmore & Williams' sizes, as their Boeing ones won't be compatible with Dragon's environmental control system or seats.
Then do you disrupt the crew rotation schedule, flying the Crew 8 Dragon up with only a single person aboard leaving two empty seats for the Boeing crew to return in, or can they send up a pair of seats in kit form to retro fit to the Crew 7 Dragon which would be returning soon anyway ?
Alternatively SpaceX may be able to mount an additional mission, or perhaps bump the Polaris Dawn mission to a later date and use that spacecraft for a rescue.
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