Boeing Starliner Crew Flight Test mission ends without astronauts on board

[@m.theresa1385]

Excellent reporting Will Robinson Smith / Spaceflight Now. Thank you!

[@wingnutjtw]

Ghost Ship 1 preparing for departure!

[@KevinLockamy]

Bill Nelson's comment about how expressing concerns are encouraged is even more troubling. That means that those involved were so complacent that they didn't even think to consider the possibilities.

[@MrDogonjon]

Within Boeing "Culture" there is a generalized perception that what they did in the past will provide the foundation for future development. The problem is that no one who was there then when they really were innovating and producing at their peak is there any more. replaced by younger more narcissistic engineers who threw them under the bus. More crashes??? Any one? Boeing... Please sue me for saying you are incompetent...

[@ZZZachFL]

This reporting is absolutely superb! SFN and Mr. Robinson-Smith, keep doing what you're doing!

[@ThatOpalGuy]

Thanks for the video SFN crew!

[@ThomasStire517]

That’s rough for the crew… That’s like buying a new Corvette in Coco Florida, driving cross country only to watch the car get repossessed from your Days Inn window in Socorro New Mexico. Now you have to call friends for a ride back home to FL.

[@williambarry8015]

You just reminded me to go listen to that David Bowie song to honor them. Thats some serious stuff to be stuck up in that thing.

[@lovechangesus]

More like going to Germany to pick out your BMW and having a worldwide lockdown go into place.

[@unotechrih8040]

Yeah, except the new corvette is a 40 year old jalopy that broke down on the way, and now you are flying home on a modern jet.

[@rodneyalaking8241]

And your friends say they’ll come pick you up in 5 or 6 months. WTF?

[@MrDogonjon]

No... it's not like driving off the lot on a test drive to be impounded 1200 miles away. Our astronauts are well trained in every aspect of mission control and at no point embarked in a cross country joy ride. I think you actually did steal that Corvette in Florida and got busted in New Mexico. It's not an analogy... it's a felony.

[@Raider_6000-n8l]

Glad they are keeping the Boeing crew safe.

[@Bluelightning23]

They should've done that when they built the thing.

[@MrDogonjon]

It is NASA that used Starliner to put its crew on ISS. NASA fail safe to reliable Crew Dragon sensible... end of Boeing. Crew was NASA... not Boeing. Dragon real.... boeing listen to the swan song.

[@Hurricane1668]

I'm rubber necking this landing tonight...you never know with Boeing.

[@MrDogonjon]

They should just scuttle it... save the money from trying to prove it might work when ... it didn't work. there are "other options"...

[@JimmyJinIA]

When you meet your own self defined requirements, you'll always be awesome, then surprised and amazed at failure. Nice job Boeing! 🙈🙉🙊

[@ricknelson3607]

Good job on this report and video.

[@williambarry8015]

Hope those crew members make it home safe.

[@4loops43]

Isn’t that Leroy “lock the doors” Cain…as in space shuttle disintegration over Texas? Now he works for Boeing? Wow

[@Rob_S_Z06]

That’s him! If they sent the crew back and something happened on his watch again………..

[@clarencehopkins7832]

Replace all NACA management now

[@arthurhamilton5222]

While, I remain confident that Starliner could have returned the crew, safely, I understand that NASA didn't want a repeat of the propellant malfunction that happened to the Crew Demo 1 Dragon during it's super draco testing.

[@my2cents645]

NASA , "We just cant chance burning anybody else up on reentry. "

[@JimmyJinIA]

I really do hope the Starliner makes it back in one piece. It would be a shame to waste the opportunity to display what will be one of the most contested and controversial space vehicles ever. 🚀🚀🚀

[@arthurhamilton5222]

They have tested alternative thruster firing sequences to deliver the spacecraft back to Earth, successfully.

[@JimmyJinIA]

@arthurhamilton5222 all good plan can go to hell with one wrong set of code.

[@arthurhamilton5222]

@@JimmyJinIA my statement stands.

[@nataliescott2261]

Glad they are going for safe choice . They need to stop rushing being first isn’t always best

[@smokingfoxx]

Great landing! Good call…

[@JimmyJinIA]

There is no better time for this space vehicle to return to earth than just after closing time in most news rooms. The old Friday night news drop.😂😂😂.

[@ifwemadeit]

Good stuff. Good content. Good interview.

[@bradleymarks]

"Ad Astra per Aspera!"..."To the stars through difficulties;" "a rough road leads to the stars;" or "Through hardships, to the stars." "To attempt the Impossible Is to Defy the Impossible"...

[@rydenclancy9519]

If they are unsure how it's going to react it seems like a Pacific graveyard would be a safer choice for the public.

[@m.theresa1385]

Will they show the undocking and touchdown?

[@Bluelightning23]

They might have an "unscheduled" video feed problem.

[@MinuitLune]

NASA's KZbin channel will show both this evening, beginning at 545pm.

[@m.theresa1385]

@@MinuitLunethanks!

[@alangable9555]

The Dragon needs 2 more seats!!

[@glenashworth9550]

They have manufactured a couple of special seats

[@claudiaoctavia6340]

such an epic engineering failure, you can really tell the bean counters were overseeing this project

[@agevenisse3252]

Is Starliner the first spacecraft in history to launch with crew, and return without? edit: Nope. I forgot about Soyuz MS-22...

[@z50king29]

THE GHOST SHIP

[@MrBigShotFancyPants]

It will be interesting to have some data from the flight home. ✈️ 🚀 👨‍🚀

[@johnjackson8561]

Lol suni looks like Medusa in space. 😳🤣🤣

[@311superfly]

At least it will undock? Right ! To allow quality ship to dock.

[@311superfly]

Blame DuPont? Sure dude.

[@MrDogonjon]

why are so many thrusters pointing opposite canceling each other out? A lot of programing goes out into space doing no work... they are trying too hard... less is more... do each task well.

[@MissX905]

Why wasn't the nose cone closed shut after it was safely away from the ISS? That thing was jumping all over the screen over at NASA livestream lol

[@juliefizpatrick513]

👍👍👍👍

[@mirage4014]

there are Naught,Astronoughts on board

[@rustypfa]

Is this what they call? “do more with less“?

[@bunkosquad2000]

“Lock the doors.”

[@tonyv596]

It's a joke...NASA is being run by impotent Nelson.

[@sdrc92126]

Hello major Thom I'm coming home

[@RobertStone-e7t]

Daniel Boone national Forest standing by to see them bring the old broke down jalopy back to the garage........maybe

[@gordonwelcher9598]

A piece of long black hair was found entangled in a helium valve mechanism.

[@311superfly]

Basically Boeing team wanted to watch America got😅 talent instead of developing REAL engineering solutions. Gas leaks are pathetic. Chinese's children could do better. Sad.

[@brodefineportraiture446]

It will hit the atmosphere spining like a Jim Palmer curve ball...blaze of glory!

[@JimmyJinIA]

Ohhh Pretty! Glad no one is on board.

[@brodefineportraiture446]

@@JimmyJinIA yup! First "F U i aint getting on that POS" in nasa history

[@kat13man]

What fun is that?

[@Thomas-uz3zf]

Those 2 astronauts that didn't get to go because of Boeing 😢

[@qwerty112311]

Who decided to fly them back on dragon? Not Boeing.

[@EKA201-j7f]

So these astronauts get pay 24/7 plus holiday overtime, I hope!

[@Williamb612]

Absolutely love your shirt…could you let me know the brand and where you purchased it?

[@hiturbine]

"If it's Boeing, I'm not going" needs to be the active reply to anything those numbskulls build.

[@Mc.Classic.Cars2]

Hello

[@RobertStone-e7t]

Stop your chatter it's coming in

[@joeretired4552]

Nope

[@andylambiaso170]

The Destroyers - Get A Haircut

[@cogitoergospud1]

Elon for the win!

[@sonnyzeitgeist2570]

Fail.

[@petedejesus9320]

Boeing is doing short cut on there work because probably they are being stressed out by the share holder who are succumb to get rich. 😂😢😅

[@JeffreyBue_imtxsmoke]

I think NASA should have given the astronauts the choice instead of doing all this endless "hand wringing". While I don't know, I'd be willing to bet that the team of Boeing engineers voted to allow the crew to pilot the ship back home but got over-ruled by the NASA brass. This decision, to pilot Starliner home uncrewed, essentially ends the Starliner program. Boeing's not going to sink another dime into it.

[@leinadhertz1989]

Unfortunately, from the beginning to this sad event, Boeing Starliner has been a massive waste of money, time, resources and manpower. It's unbelievable how incompetent Boeing seems compared to Spacex. There are always just tons of failures and excuses why things aren't going as planned. I was really hopeful for the Starliner project for a long time, but now it's just a huge laughing stock!

Still its a good chunk of overtime.

[@paulharrison8379]

This is the wrong decision. NASA should have retained the Starliner until the astronauts were rescued by Space X

[@albinblocker4435]

Sorry ,to be negative.hower ever if it look walk sounds like a duck well I'm not optimistic about it. Just wish she would do something with the hair long beautiful hair but not in her case.does Teflon tape.boing my my. Cheep enough just like the famous o ring? Think Space x knows about that

[@JustReed]

Elon can't be a smart guy if he's for Trump.

[@juliefizpatrick513]

👍👍👍👍