Boeing and NASA Have A BIG Problem With Starliner...

[@TheSpaceRaceYT]

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[@DetriotSteel]

Boeing aircraft doors on the other hand are perfectly able to undock without human input ☝️😏

[@OzSpud72]

OMG that is funny on so many levels. However it is inappropriate due to the fact a person was sucked out with the door.

[@destroytheboxes]

@@OzSpud72no. It’s not inappropriate. Geez. It’s a funny joke with zero mention of life lost. Let it be funny on its own. Don’t try to make it something it’s not. That’s how liberalism ruined comedy.

[@OzSpud72]

@@destroytheboxes yeah i was sipping my coffee and reading his comment and sprayed my desk. It hit hard. We aren't allowed to laugh loudly at work. People get offended.

[@wizzyno1566]

​@@OzSpud72its a joke. Get off your high horse.

[@OzSpud72]

@@wizzyno1566 Your mother.

[@Ale-bj7nd]

Starliner not being able to undock and reenter by itself Is truly shocking. Even an undock and uncontrolled retrograde burn would have bene enough in this context.

[@TheSpaceRaceYT]

Yeah, was not expecting that

[@mr.boomguy]

Are you telling us that it can't even undock!?

[@dougaltolan3017]

​@@mr.boomguycan't do it without crew, the automation was removed.

[@42crazyguy]

​@@dougaltolan3017 it was never installed on this capsule in the first place.

[@dougaltolan3017]

@@42crazyguy I tend to think of the software through from development. So, yes it was removed from the software before being uploaded to this capsule.

[@jerrypolverino6025]

There was a huge problem before it took off. It’s called Boeing.

[@zgalexy834]

I think I've piloted safer flights in Kerbal Space Program than Boeing can do irl. I was really excited for another crew vehicle to service the ISS but Boeing has really messed this one up.

[@come4t_a_bull]

Ya know... thinking about it... Boeing has had some "rough starts" before and turned them around to become phenomenal success stories. The corporation has some (maybe much) rethinking to do - but I for one am not giving up on them, whether in space or air.

[@MontanaPDX]

Just glad we are paying them after and not before like the lunar lander for the rover that we have built and is late. Now it's going to get scrapped all together.😠

[@ChuckCoy]

Starliner is starting to feel like a parasite attached to the ISS.

[@raytribble8075]

Whoever leaked that info yesterday to Eric Berger better look over their shoulder… anyone against Boeing seems to suffer from bad luck

[@TheSpaceRaceYT]

For real

[@LordFalconsword]

Remember when all the experts said there was no way SpaceX would beat Boeing to the ISS with a manned mission? 🤣

[@demcomp]

Remember when Space-X said they'll have Starship actually on its way to Mars, with multiple launches per year, including point to point rocket transportation, say from LA to Hong Kong .. Remember when Space-X had a Dear Moon mission planned? Remember when Space-X was saying they're going to cost less than the Russian Soyuz... Too bad that didn't pan out either huh Lots of space x promises, and absolutely nothing to show but a rocket that likes to burn up.

[@jhonathanknox632]

​@@demcompcrew dragon last I checked was 55mil per seat with soyuz coming in at about 80. I'll give you dear moon. It was definitely too ambitious a time frame. They could still do it and probably will. The point to point launches... Eh... I don't think that will ever be a thing but I would love for them to prove me wrong

[@demcomp]

@@jhonathanknox632 Soyuz is $35-80m depending.. crew dragon is about $70m. So even on the high end of the Soyuz, we're talking almost nothing when it comes down to it.. and Soyuz has a nearly impeccable record after flying more than 1500 times. It's actually quite a remarkable feat on the Russians.. err Soviets, considering the current administration couldn't make the candle to hold to the Soviet Union. The wax and string money was stolen. 😂 But ya, it's not a remarkable difference in what Elon boy was claiming. Plus where is the rapid reusability that Space-X has been promising? Remember that whole thing?

[@GeorgeTheIdiotINC]

@@demcomp remember when boing said it could fly and land a plane with the same amount of doors at the beginning and end of a journey?

[@come4t_a_bull]

​@@demcomp- please tell me you're not relying on a totalitarian, non-democratic nation's accounting practices... or safety records. Oh and by the way... a cool million US dollars will buy a whole lot more equipment or talent in Russia or China than it will in a more discerning and advanced nation. Other than that, maybe you're right. Cheers.

[@TomDrez]

Stuck liner is the best joke, it's the new name now

[@prathameshdighe6359]

Worthy successor to scrub liner

[@vincentdrake6065]

It will be a "Burning Stuckliner" when they finally will decide to dump that trash for deorbiting

[@prathameshdighe6359]

@@vincentdrake6065 burn liner

[@Andrew_Fernie]

@@prathameshdighe6359 bin liner

[@luka-e7u]

@@TomDrez not stuckliner, but f***liner

[@cyph3r.427]

From the company that reinvented jet travel and built the Saturn V to a complete joke in less than 10 years.

[@gary-pietz4147]

I understand recently they got into the ceo maybe that will hopefully change things something has to happen

[@ghostrider-be9ek]

@@gary-pietz4147 no, its the BOARD that has to go - CEO is just a figure head

[@johnmat4678]

DEI

[@bootstraphan6204]

​@johnmat4678 HEY... so long as Starliner has a 🏳️‍🌈 sticker on it... MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!😂 Where's your "Pride" at, sir?

[@ghost307]

Actually Boeing only built the first stage of the Saturn V, which was an outer skin and 2 tanks with piping. Even the 5 F1 engines were built by someone else.

[@KeithDuhaime]

Should rename the Starliner to 'SS Minnow'. Somehow every time I see a story on it, the theme to Gilligan's Island starts playing in my head.

[@TheSpaceRaceYT]

lol

[@Columbus1152]

"A three hour tour, a three hour tour, ..................."

[@kyledodge5513]

Perfect, no notes. Starting that trend lol. I'll be sure to give credit to ya

[@juliancrooks3031]

The mate was a mighty sailing gal, the skipper brave and Shure. They sailed to the ISS for a three day cruise.....

[@hsupergabe]

lol genius

[@NeonVisual]

If it's Boeing I ain't goin'

[@robindehood207]

Did I hear a "Boing!"?

[@swapshots4427]

Unfortunately, I am, 4 times, soon.

[@garethmurtagh2814]

Airbus currently laughing all the way to the bank…

[@swapshots4427]

@@garethmurtagh2814 I was just having same thought last night.!

[@Plab1402]

At this point I don't even trust Boeing if they start building bicycles 💀

[@randygraham926]

"Mr. Nelson, what about the Soyuz MS-25?" 🙂 Bill Nelson: "Here at NASA, we'd rather see them die than eat a slice of humble pie." 😅😹

[@JCWin77]

5:10 Correction: Contract was awarded in 2014, NOT 2027.

[@TheSpaceRaceYT]

Yeah, that was a weird slip on my behalf. Didn't notice until it was too late

[@nickcoul699]

​@@TheSpaceRaceYT AI hallucinations are common, don't sweat it.

[@larryscott3982]

So Starliner is stuck for 3 more years until the check clears?

[@delfinenteddyson9865]

@@nickcoul699 lmao

[@PortsladeBySea]

I thought the date sounded wrong 🫢

[@joshlitman8310]

Absolutely unacceptable.

[@RocketMan39A]

Go spacex! Of course they have to bail boeing out 🤣

[@4yerears]

Is SpaceX ever going to put astronauts on the moon like the government did?... or is it just going to jump up and down, screaming, "We're better than Boeing!!!!!!!!"

[@NonBinary_Star]

b4 Trashliner docked and was having thruster issues we knew this was gonna happen yet some ppl and cc's were adamant about these failures being normal and yappin abt "that's why there's redundancy." In hindsight, i guess they were right. Doors flying off planes mid-flight, ✈️ crashing out the sky, murdering whistleblowers, failed space-capsules greenlit for human space missions despite pre-flight known failures... very normal... for Boeing

[@elessartelcontar9415]

Heads up Boeing! My ex-wife is a Boeing whistleblower! Could ya help a guy out? Jk maybe😏🤫😉

[@MarkShinnick]

Well said!! Time to defund Boeing and NASA.

[@paulgrey8028]

@@MarkShinnick defund NASA absolutely. They got $25.4 billion in 2023. Boeing on the other hand, is a listed company. But not to worry, the bean counters have destroyed Boeings reputation so they'll run it into the ground soon enough.

[@A54729]

So they were only supposed to go up for 8 days but might be there for 8 months? That's some Gilligan's Island stuff.

[@coolcat796]

Hope they’re on a day rate

[@conodigrom]

🐘The elephant in the room says: SOYUZ IS AN OPTION AND WORKS!

[@cpcattin]

Boeing killed the heart and soul of the company when they moved their headquarters from their home in Seattle to Chicago. They made their move to physically separate the company’s senior executives from the men and women that built the historically safest most reliable aircraft the world has ever seen. As a 70 year old Seattle native I am dumbstruck at upper management’s ability to make their existence irrelevant to the citizens in every city they manufacture.

[@DrDiff952]

Starliner will burn with the ISS when SpaceX de orbits the ISS

[@politicsuncensored5617]

Why did Boeing send these two astronauts up in a ship that was not ready for flight? They are pushing it to much to the edge. Shalom

[@cd3949]

They had two people whacked for blowing the whistle. What's two more?

[@garyhelfert8622]

Easy to answer. If they lucked out, Boeing will buy some time before taxpayers say enough is enough and cancel the program. If they are unlucky and Starliner does not preform as advertised, they will get canceled sooner rather than later.

[@dougaltolan3017]

Given that they still don't know what caused this, there is no way they could know it was even a possibility.

[@politicsuncensored5617]

@@dougaltolan3017 They had so many well know problems for a long time. Time and time again missions were scrubbed because of problems. This one had many issues prior to taking off. Shalom

[@LuciFeric137]

Same reason they launched Challenger covered in ice. Same reason they re entered Columbia when they KNEW the bird was wounded. Same reason they locked 3 astronauts in a 100% oxygen atmosphere with shitty wiring. NASA needs to be broken up

[@Mark16v15]

Boeing is a different company than the one before it went public. Now bean counters run the show. For example, after they made the 737 Super Max and discovered that its new engine made the plane fly a little different, to save money, rather than train all the pilots about how to fly the new aircraft, they made some software changes that were supposed to trick the pilots into thinking that the plane flew just like it always had, and of course kept that secret, otherwise pilots might complain. That software update assumed that you would never have any problems with aircraft sensors like the pitot tube--obviously a bad assumption. So, naturally when the sensors were clogged or not working properly, the software went nutzo, and people died. It appears that the simple fix was simply to turn the autopilot off, but the Boeing engineers didn't tell pilots that as part of Boeing's "let's keep a secret" policy. So, is it any surprise that they are struggling now. Engineers have pressure on them to keep costs down at the expense of good engineering. Most engineers are taught in college to try to keep costs down as much as practical, but bean counters want more. Starliner is most likely the product of a bean-counter-led culture. The same goes with the F-35. Lockheed-Martin was willing to pay the Russians for their help in designing a VTOL jet, something they had some experience with. Boeing just simply tried to improve the Harrier design, not taking into account that after decades of that platform's existence, most likely it had already been determined that that design had gone about as far as it could. Bean counters put a Harrier gun to the engineers' heads, not allowing them to think outside the box because that can cost money. If I were NASA, I would rethink my partnership with Boeing. If SpaceX ever goes public, it will probably eventually go the way of Boeing.

[@MemeMan_MEMESQUAD]

SpaceX likely will not go public, as the mission statement of colonizing Mars is entirely at odds with prioritizing investor return

[@Techfanatic73]

Before they went public? They have been publicly traded since 1962. Before they even made the Saturn V rockets. It's not because they went public. It is however a bunch of bean counter bastards trying to make more money for those pig execs. Lol

[@gary-pietz4147]

Apparently engineers don't have the say soy like they used to have that's what happened to the shuttle program

[@lordgarion514]

Bean counters might be running the company, but it's the union that hires and fires regular employees, and it's the union that oversees those that do the building. It wasn't management that decided to use flammable tape, just like it wasn't management that decided to not verify that the plane had all the bolts installed. All these manufacturing problems were overseen by the union..... It's not just management, it's the entire company that's bad.

[@MemeMan_MEMESQUAD]

@@lordgarion514 manager detected. nope, sorry, managers are at fault here.

[@gilbert1975nf]

2:43 - I can't believe that I heard such thing! 🤣

[@Wolf-hd9ke]

No automated return software in Starliner! To quote Gene Krantz, "Tell me this isn't a government operation. "

[@garethmurtagh2814]

They’re lucky that Gene isn’t involved with NASA and that someone like Deke Slayton isn’t in charge of the astronaut office. They’d be punching every Boeing exec who came close enough to them…

[@hillbilly4895]

"Butch and Sunny are goners. We apologize for any inconvenience" ~ Boeing

[@Kenshiroit]

Or they could just fire them using economic crisis as a excuse. So if they die they are not Boeing problem

[@jerrypolverino6025]

Stuck Longer, the Boeing Bean Counter Company, supervised and run by accountants.

[@Danielspacex]

Elon, fly a dragon 9 empty to the ISS station. Have Starliner astronauts get in their vehicle and disconnect from the station. Now have dragon mate with Starliner. Starliner astronauts disembark from starliner to dragon. Seal dragon. Dragon drag Starliner to a point where they can disconnect. Dragon Flys home, Starliner burns thru atmosphere and sinks in ocean. Problem solved!!!

[@starmountpictures]

Hotel Starliner In a dark space station, cool cosmic night, Suni's floating gently, oh what a sight. Thrusters are a-broken, mission’s in a jam, She thought, "This isn’t quite the vacation, that NASA planned." Then she heard in the distance, A SpaceX hum so sweet, It could be Elon’s rescue, Or just ISS's beat. Her head was spinning around, Her patience wearing thin, She thought, "I’m stuck in Hotel Starliner, Oh will I ever leave?" Chorus: Welcome to the Hotel Starliner, Such a lovely place, (such a lovely place), Stuck in outer space. Plenty of room at the Hotel Starliner, Any time of year, (any time of year), Maybe home next year. NASA’s calling updates, "We’re sure it’s just a phase," But the thrusters still aren’t working, Prolonging their stay. Wilmore’s on the headset, Feeling quite surreal, He said, "We haven't lost hope, Just stretching out the deal." Bridge: SpaceX crew, on the Dragon craft, Could it be a rescue or just another draft? And in the control room, Voices from the ground, Echo through the vacuum, “We’re gonna get you down.” Final Verse: Last thing I remember, I was calling NASA’s line, I had to find the passage back To the place I left behind. "Relax," said the mission man, "You’re really not deceived. You can check out any time you like, But SpaceX lets you leave!" Chorus: Welcome to the Hotel Starliner, Such a lovely place, (such a lovely place), Stuck in outer space. Plenty of room at the Hotel Starliner, Any time of year, (any time of year), Maybe home next year.

[@totifernandez9532]

Is this going to be Boeing's epitaph?

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[@DelaplaneMarcinek]

Can I also do it??? My life is facing lots of challenges lately

[@brabecjakub]

So basically they have Bricked Starliner connected to ISS, lol.

[@laurentitolledo1838]

...and they should let that bricked Starwhatever fall off....like a brick....

[@animatewithdermot]

They should try switching it off and switching it on again.

[@hm-ys4ym]

@@animatewithdermot 🤣

[@iamarobotninja]

Rolls-Royce in space is such a dope idea

[@philippayne6655]

"We are confident in Starliner" how can that be when they don't understand what's causing the problem?

[@antoniomeans570]

Everyone connected with Starliner knew it was plagued with problems. NASA has a rich and distinctive history, but its time to pass the torch. No place for pride in something so involved as space travel.

[@Klaus293]

Robotic missions remain fantastic. JPL/NASA do some amazing work with those projects.

[@nightlightabcd]

NASA and Boeing.

[@LuciFeric137]

A rich history of gambling with astronauts lives when they felt pressure

[@69woof]

Both Boeing and NASA need to be cleaned out

[@hm-ys4ym]

Astronauts are an asset, an expendable asset, Dillon

[@fredg.sanford634]

Boeing used to set the standard-until it decided to worry more about executive compensation and lobbying politicians than engineering excellence.

[@icare7151]

We know the seals around the thrusters have failed. They are years old as well as other hardware that has failed in the thruster’s entire systems. Space Junk.

[@crseabrk]

Engineer: Should we really delete the auto sequences software? Boeing execs: It’s a spaceship, what could go wrong?

[@thewb8329]

Boeing’s new logo :🤷‍♂️☠️

[@SteveBakerIsHere]

Boeing are lying. They could take the exact software used on the second (unmanned) StarLiner flight - and upload it - to the ISS StarLiner. Why don't they do that? The only reason I could imagine not to do that could (maybe) be that they know that the autonomous software can't cope with a bad thruster.

[@cd3949]

I think they're afraid of bricking it.

[@debbyhutchinson3225]

165God

[@PChan-yt4uf]

A subpar hardware can't handle the software.

[@glennchartrand5411]

The flight computers are 40 year old tech. Transistors below a certain size become vulnerable to cosmic radiation, so the computers onboard space craft are usually at the same tech level as an old IBM 386 desktop computer. So there isn't any extra storage space in the system , so they have to alter the programming one line of code at a time and do it in a way that doesn't risk bricking the system.

[@matthiasgrunwald895]

Bring them home with SpaceX Dragon !!!

[@OpalDruscilla]

These poor astronauts caught between two increasingly weird companies. I bet they are like can we go home with the Russians.

[@donlew8222]

No worries .😊 SpaceX can be there in a couple hours for any help NASA may need ... 😁

[@BMNAZEEB72]

Space X should also manufacture civilian aircraft. Boeing's monopoly in that field with its faulty hardware and software , should come to an end.

[@jfabian1912]

Might as well do a space walk, detach Starliner, and then push out into space at this point!

[@human.earthling]

Or down towards earth so I can burn up into the atmosphere (preferably timed so it falls into ocean)

[@badsamaritan8223]

It pisses me off all the money that's been wasted on STARLINER, meanwhile they canceled VIPER for going over budget. Absolute BS.

[@AmbientMorality]

To be fair, Starliner hasn't gone over budget from NASA's perspective (Boeing is eating the losses).

[@David-l6c3w]

If they have a drinking bird on the space station, they could rig it with some tape to press the undock button in the capsule. No wait ... you need gravity for that, darn it!

[@kiwidiesel]

But if you attach a small pyrotechnic charge to the birds head then you will get the intended movement to press that button 😂

[@David-l6c3w]

@@kiwidiesel Yes, Inception elevator solution!

[@ghost307]

Just ask the people who build Battlebots how to push that button. You'll probably have a completely tested design and a prototype in a few days.

[@formerfarmer1718]

With parts and pieces falling off Boing passenger planes and now this debacle everything Boing should be grounded!

[@roberthumphreys4398]

Boeing’s CEO should resign and be replaced by an engineering manager. No more MBAs.

[@BlackdogDeaf]

Nah…. Boeing company needs to go far away! It been enough screwing project over plane, spaceship and more. They need to give up than digging down very deep hole. (I’m apology not good grammar)

[@robindehood207]

1. What happened to the 45 day window for batteries 2. I think NASA knew about the software's inability to undock, but went along with it just like the Helium leak issues. 3. 15:13, In 2027?

[@AmbientMorality]

The 45 day window was just a baseline. They've performed fine now and were always designed for 210 day life (Starliner needs to work for 6 month missions operationally, so obviously the 45 day certification limit was not the design life of the batteries).

[@TaranAadarsh]

Yeap.. Boeing is basically living because NASA wants to keep them alive...

[@luka-e7u]

'Boring' is just a shit! I don't understand why nasa gave 'Boring' 4.2B, while SpaceX only get 2.6B? SpaceX has already won before the stuckliner's test flight for its low cost. You see, spaceX reuse f9 first stage, which add complexity to the mission. But still, F9 is super reliable. On the other hand, stuckliner is only designed to touch down on land and reuse the capsule, probably not a complicated thing at all. However, it faces many technological issues in flight. SpaceX gets 2.6b and made the reliable and low cost falcon 9. 'Boring' gets 4.2B and makes shits! How on earth nasa would give fucking 'Boring' more fundings than SpaceX!

[@StopTheBurn]

If it's Boeing, Im not going!

[@Spicy007]

I knew that starliner was going to be an issue, and it was delayed a few days initially too

[@TrevorChokey]

The problem is why do we continue to let Boeing make shit

[@cargopilot747]

Good presentation. But at 6:40 - given their track record, it's highly unlikely that they feel that way.

[@mfzb0912]

Unlock and punt SL back to earth with trash or supplies in it. Let's bag starliner and funnel the funds back to Spacex to have more dragons on standby

[@12pentaborane]

I'd rather them send funds to SNC to get Dreamchaser as a Starliner replacement. The whole point was to have 2 contractors to pick from.

[@MiTheMer]

​@@12pentaborane Yep, we don't want a monopoly. Especially one guided by a man who's increasingly unhinged.

[@braedenh6858]

There are 2. Boeing and SpaceX. It's pretty obvious we have a winner.

[@hm-ys4ym]

You can spot the Harris/Walz supporters

[@itinsuranceguy]

Why don't they button up the Starliner, undock it, and park it nearby the space station (or just tether it somewhere out of the way). That would open up the additional airlock so a rescue mission could be launched. They can reprogram the starliner for an autonomous return to Earth at Boeing's leisure.

[@cliffcosynerflight5253]

undock using the robotic arm and temporary clamp it to the side of the station or if it can dock with crew dragon or another cargo craft to help it perform a deorbit. and just before atmospheric re entry both craft separate and reorient

[@francoluissotomayor3123]

Space’s getting busy!!! ❤❤❤

[@kennymcnicol]

I said on day one. Should have gone with Sierra Space!

[@TheCNYMike]

This is already dated as of the call. Butch and Suni returning on Starliner is still the prime option. The contingency is Crew-9 would launch with two people. Butch and Suni would stay on the station for 6 more months and return with Crew-9. Either the way, Starliner undocks and returns to Earth before Crew-9 launches on September 24. NASA has to make its decision by "mid-August," so in the next week or two.

[@pascoharmonica8560]

Hey I saw something like a space station or spacecraft and I was in Pasco Washington sitting at the corner of Chapel Hill and Road 68 and it flew right over the airport

[@jeffsmith9384]

Damn, maybe they shouldn't have killed that whistleblower, he was trying to tell them something

[@xcidgaf]

this thing getting there in the first place is nothing short of a miracle

[@speedstriker]

Man there's no end to the tests they want to do huh? Such hardworking lads, those Boeing boys.

[@conantdog]

I'm sure those two astronauts were developing new materials in space and figuring out amazing things like how to grow a tomato plant in space we have such a good and rewarding space program in this country. Tang and mylar are the only products I ever knew and maybe memory foam that worked its way down to consumers. When we make travel plans I tell my wife if it's boeing I ain't going.

[@elessartelcontar9415]

I'm waiting for the door on it to just fall off in flight.

[@TranscendentMusic1]

Any update video planned for this?

[@DCGreenZone]

Might be nice to have a couple spare reentry vehicles attached to the next space station.

[@rocketboyty]

The "NopeLiner" 😂

[@Stufftowatch21]

NASA +Boeing =😵‍💫☠️

[@spleancrush]

better be safe then sorry and go with the dragon

[@ws1-r]

What about starliner undocking from the ISS and then docking with a crew capsule then transferring to the crew dragon. Next the crew dragon could return to the ISS

[@iamarobotninja]

Oh Boeing says it's still confident in itself?! Thank goodness

[@ussdavidrrayify]

If Boeing can’t bring back the astronauts. Have them pay Space X for the two seats on Dragon.

[@osuna3525]

I'm so glad they arent forcing that crew to come back out of pure cope. Boeing is in so much denial that their spacecraft FAILED. Starliner needs to be shut down.

[@TexasStormChaser]

If it's Boeing, I ain't going

[@menotyou1234]

N ever A 👽 S afe A stronaut

[@RuralJuror420]

Can we get Sunny and Butch back and then put Boeing CEO up there? I would be SO surprised if NASA ever works with Boeing again after this. Boeing is such a joke at this point.

[@Andrew_Fernie]

I didn't watch the video, Ive seen enough, but had to give a thumbs up for Stuck Liner 😆

[@rickvisser8296]

wouldnt it be better to install 6 seats on Ax4 instead of Crew 9? Ax4 leaves in like 10/14 days after launch and would not have that much cargo needed as maybe crew 9.

[@SeptemberMeadows]

@Rockhopper111 You're right but I was considering that if we build a space elevator on the moon, or several actually, regardless of their level of need or use, just the process of making them will push our knowledge in the effort.

[@RickTheClipper]

The Doomliner is a lost case

[@learnwithmeall-c1r]

Science is the real life of science

[@clarkpeters8273]

How far Boeing has fallen...

[@chaosopher23]

Did Rolls-Royce take a page from Gerry Anderson's book? Cool moon base! But no uranium, please. I like the moon in its current orbit.

[@pi-sx3mb]

What is an "eponymous undocking and reentry"?

[@christophermuncy8225]

The video says the contract was awarded in 2027 as a fixed price for starliner. Shouldn’t that date be some year in the past?

[@richardlincoln8438]

The whole rest of the mess is vapor-ware why not that ?

[@NicholasNerios]

Finally some sort of update with the RollsRoyce micro power plant. I mean if we can use them on submarines why not on the moon and Mars. When they expire, find the deepest magma chamber for storage.

[@richardlincoln8438]

You don't have to launch a submarine power plant in space. Getting fissionable material into and out of space is your accident prone activity. One accident is unacceptable.

[@jefferywise1906]

I’m wondering what RR will innovate as a waste heat dissipation mechanism on their reactor. The more power generated the more heat created and only heat radiation in a vacuum is viable infrared radiators. Then spent fuel storage and removal. It’s hot in temperature and still highly radioactive. Hey fun problems to resolve. That’s what people do.

[@Adrian-qk2fn]

They have the same problems with Reactors onboard nuclear submarines. They can use water as a coolant but it has to be a closed loop so no contamination escapes into the environment. I imagine Rolls Royce will apply similar thinking here.

[@jefferywise1906]

@@Adrian-qk2fn but in a submarine you have the ocean and a medium to dump waste heat into. Vacuum is entirely different and much more challenging.

[@Adrian-qk2fn]

@@jefferywise1906 If you start dumping heat into the ocean from a nuclear submarine then you render yourself open to detection. Rolls Royce have been building reactors for nuclear submarines that have to be undetectable or as near as they can be. Dumping a whole load of heat into the Ocean is going to make them visible to Thermal Detectors on satellites in orbit.

[@jefferywise1906]

@@Adrian-qk2fn oh great so you’re underwater for a week straight and where does all that heat go to? The ocean .

[@glennroberts461]

This doesn't make sense. They have already docked Crew 8 and it has 2 empty seats. Why not bring them back on it?

[@juliancrooks3031]

Put the extra seats and suits on the Polaris dawn mission and have them swing by and pick up the crew on the way home after their space walk mission that way they can have a full crew swap out on schedule. This makes the most sense. Use the arm that they used to dock the cargo module to push the starliner safely away from the ISS toward Earth and let it burn up on re-entry

[@Adrian-qk2fn]

You can't use Polaris Dawn as the Docking Adapter has been removed to make way for the Airlock in the Nose for the planned EVAs.

[@pisko1]

Let some engineers from VW get the job done by utilizing an USB stick with "software"

[@g2h0]

called for a dragon rescue before they launched lol

[@jonasgabrielsilva2996]

Just like in a KSP munar mission, an rescue mission! 🚀🎉

[@allgood6760]

Thanks for this 👍🚀

[@keefsmiff]

If Rolls Royce get involved that will be a full circle as the Germans perfected the rocket in the first place.

[@jenohathazi920]

Lest go SpaceX

[@coronalight77]

If we haven't built it yet how will they have anything to copy to build theirs?

[@cliffcosynerflight5253]

dragon would have to do double duty this time if they can undock starliner and have it attach to dragon is possible perhaps do the KSP style deorbit where the two space craft are joint during the deorbit burn where dragon would be using its engines. then before atmospheric re entry both space craft undock from eachother and reorient to reentry angle

[@menotyou1234]

Rolls Royce needs to add a 4th prong to the new micro reactor research. 4. Safety of said new reactor.

[@richardlincoln8438]

People have been leary of acceleration of fissionable material to orbit. It's occasionally an accident prone activity.

[@mssv19123]

ISS US left only 1 available working port after Starliner stucked. If this is bricked, then there's no way to return US astronaut home except thru Russian side

[@samgunn12]

Boeing has gone from engineering leader to a worldwide joke. Beancounters, man. If NASA is going to send ballast to the moon instead of a rover, may I suggest the board of directors of Boeing? It can’t hurt.