Boeing Starliner 1st Astronaut Flight

[StrawMan]

Suni Williams to the International Space Station.

I looked her up. 58 years old, looks like she's been doing speed tests without a wind screen. Would not want to see her in high G.

Live Hard, Die Fast, and Leave a Pretty Corpse -- HA! Hold it right there, MF'er

[StrawMan]

Boeing’s Starliner is set to Launch May 06, err May 10, umm May 17, err May 21, 2024.

NASA, Boeing Now Working Toward May 25 Launch of Crew Flight Test

https://blogs.nasa.gov/boeing-crew-flight-test/

Bzzzzzzrrrrrrrtttttt... try try again.

Boeing Starliner's 1st astronaut launch delayed again, this time with no new flight date

"The next possible launch opportunity is still being discussed."

A Winning Card of Bullshit Bingo: "The team has been in meetings for two consecutive days, assessing flight rationale, system performance, and redundancy. There is still forward work in these areas, and the next possible launch opportunity is still being discussed," the e-mail update read in part. . . .

https://www.space.com/boeing-starliner- ... aunch-date


Related: "2 astronaut taxis: Why NASA wants both Boeing's Starliner and SpaceX's Dragon"

https://www.space.com/nasa-boeing-starl ... redundancy

Scrap This TURD*!

* Tremendously Underperforming Retrograde Design

[HighPlainsGrifter]

Yeesh. At this point do we turn over the whole project over to Richard Branson?

[Softball Bat]

... or Stanley Kubrick.

Wait...



Oh, he's -----> dead.

[HighPlainsGrifter]

... or Stanley Kubrick.

Wait...



Oh, he's -----> dead.

I see what you did there and I do not disagree.

[Dr_Phibes]

Yeesh. At this point do we turn over the whole project over to Richard Branson?

Relocate the project to Western New York. They'll have a Pontiac 6000 and a Bugatti Chiron in orbit by the end of the week.

[Screw_Michigan]

Yeesh. At this point do we turn over the whole project over to Richard Branson?

I don't know. Someone died at during a Virgin Galactic test flight. Boeing's space unit hasn't killed anyone...yet. Scoreboard: Boeing, I guess.

[StrawMan]

June 1, 2024 at 12:35 PM
SCRUB! Starliner launch attempt called off

United Launch Alliance has called an official scrub while engineers work to understand why a Ground Launch Sequencer called an automatic hold 3 minutes and 50 seconds before liftoff.

There will be no Starliner launch today.

Boeing and ULA may attempt another launch try on Sunday, June 2, if they can clear the issue in time.

Unbeebable. These idiots couldn't find their ass with both hands.

[HighPlainsGrifter]

Did it happen? Did our brave BoeNaughts go to space yet?

[Screw_Michigan]

Did it happen? Did our brave BoeNaughts go to space yet?

No. It was delayed once again. June 5 now.

[Screw_Michigan]

Unbeebable. These idiots couldn't find their ass with both hands.

I don't see what the big deal is. A computer called it off. Better safe than sorry.

[HighPlainsGrifter]

Unbeebable. These idiots couldn't find their ass with both hands.

I don't see what the big deal is. A computer called it off. Better safe than sorry.

Especially for Boeing right now. They'll scrub a launch for the minutest of reasons. If this thing immolates on national television, Boeing's market cap will be in free fall. They can't chance any little malfunction or they'll get memefucked into bankruptcy court.

[Screw_Michigan]

Good call, but NASA in general will scrub launches for the tiniest of reasons. They aren't willing to risk people being blown to smithereens. And nor should they.

[StrawMan]

Unbeebable. These idiots couldn't find their ass with both hands.

I don't see what the big deal is. A computer called it off. Better safe than sorry.

It's not a big deal. I was pretty chapped when I posted that, having watched hours of pre-flight, only to have them scrub at -3:50.

IIRC, if they can't launch tomorrow or Thursday, they may be looking at another indefinite delay, though. That would be a big deal. There is only one docking port on the ISS that's compatible with the Boeing Starliner, and there are other scheduled flights coming up that will have to use it.

Successful or not, millions over budget and years behind schedule is still a big deal. Just get the crew up there and home in one piece already.

[Screw_Michigan]

It's not a big deal. I was pretty chapped when I posted that, having watched hours of pre-flight, only to have them scrub at -3:50.

I'd be pretty chapped, too.

[Diego in Seattle]

Boeing finally got it right (so far after 21 minutes of flight).

After about 6 minutes of flight one could see the curvature of the Earf in plain sight. Well, most of us....

[Softball Bat]

After about 6 minutes of flight one could see the curvature of the Earf in plain sight. Well, most of us....

Link?

[mvscal]

Good call, but NASA in general will scrub launches for the tiniest of reasons. They aren't willing to risk people being blown to smithereens. And nor should they.

Wait? What? THA FUCK!!

[StrawMan]

After about 6 minutes of flight one could see the curvature of the Earf in plain sight. Well, most of us....

Link?

SpaceX's camera coverage blows away NASA's. Check out footage from today's launch, from the 39:00 mark to the 49:00 minute mark.

https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission ... p-flight-4

Deece camera work! Your thoughts?

[StrawMan]

Good call, but NASA in general will scrub launches for the tiniest of reasons. They aren't willing to risk people being blown to smithereens. And nor should they.

Wait? What? THA FUCK!!

THAT NEVER HAPPENED!! Grissom, Chaffee, and White were put in WitSec and get together in Las Vegas a couple times a year.

Sin,

Space program deniers

[Softball Bat]

After about 6 minutes of flight one could see the curvature of the Earf in plain sight. Well, most of us....

Link?

SpaceX's camera coverage blows away NASA's. Check out footage from today's launch, from the 39:00 mark to the 49:00 minute mark.

https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission ... p-flight-4

Deece camera work! Your thoughts?

It's a good show.

[StrawMan]

I looked her up. 58 years old, looks like she's been doing speed tests without a wind screen. Would not want to see her in high G.

It's been bugging me... I KNEW I had seen her grille before. H.R. Pufnstuf's Witchypoo!

[Smackie Chan]

I looked her up. 58 years old, looks like she's been doing speed tests without a wind screen. Would not want to see her in high G.

It's been bugging me... I KNEW I had seen her grille before. H.R. Pufnstuf's Witchypoo!