Former astronaut explains why Starliner spacecraft has to wait 24 hours before next launch

Former astronaut Retired Col. Chris Hadfield joins CNN’s Alisyn Camerota to discuss the Starliner spacecraft scrubbed launch and why there’s a 24-hour wait before the next launch. #CNN #News
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[@clays1507]

The reporter with that “model” is just hilarious

[@Gord1812]

Waiting for 70's porn music to start. LOL

[@ConcreteLand]

Literally laughed out loud as she pulled it up.

[@al28854]

so she chose to be a reporter/model with the 'model' and not be an astronaut, like her parent(s). You can tell the guy is disappointed, cuz he knows both of her astronaut parents 3:59, 4:19

[@jackson857]

@@al28854 She also used to work for Fox News during the Trump White House so yeah.

[@bozhijak]

Next time put someone on who at least has SOME idea of what they are talking about.

[@lifeinabox1]

Hadfield is such a class calm act!

[@Sashathespaceguy-x6w]

Ik I met him in person last year

[@Gaetano.94]

Canadian Hero from Sarnia Ontario. Great man.

[@dereks1264]

The reporter doesn't seem to realise the Atlas V is not made by a "totally seperate" company from Boeing. ULA, the rocket manufacturer, is a joint venture between Boeing and Lockheed Martin. Hardly a "totally seperate" company.

[@darkkingastos4369]

Careful you'll end up on a Boeing hit list

[@matthiasgrunwald895]

lol

[@dereks1264]

@@darkkingastos4369 LOL (looking over my shoulder.)

[@Вивсівідстій]

She’s a journalist. Being ignorant and stupid are job requirements.

[@Schmidtelpunkt]

It is still not the same entity which forgets bolts in airplanes.

[@TheJimprez]

Because it was built by the same people who made the 737MAX series... People never learn...

[@lukeamato423]

Shes got a good grip on that rocket

[@EZTRAVELZ]

😂

[@ccoombs5543]

Lol

[@TimothyRudy]

HAHAHA LIKE A PENIS

[@bozhijak]

That's why people can't take you anywhere.

[@ajctrading]

2:32 is simply the best...😁

[@cbton_]

I always love listening to Chris explain things!

[@eldenringer6466]

Sound like she's apologizing for the corporations

[@darkkingastos4369]

she is

[@MultiYlin]

4.6B Starliners vs 2.6B Dragon2 and NASA wants a backup plan to prevent Soyuz 2022 disaster. It sounds like the plan is to put more trusts in Musk than Boeing clowns. And ULA: a joint venture from Boeing along with another clown in town Lockheed Martin

[@AverageJoe483]

You mean CNN sponsors .

[@HTtwentyten]

Not really, only the corporations that pay CNN.

[@Skywarr405]

She's telling the truth

[@gloriareszler4196]

Big hello to Commander Hatfield - ! great Canadian, an excellent astronaut, a wonderful guitarist and singer as well as author!👏We sure grow them good in Canada!🍁🍁🍁 Tks for a very informative interview explaining what happened!!👏🙏

[@facitenonvictimarum]

Are his footprints on the moon?

[@j.richardson3638]

Saw him a few years back playing with the Chieftains on their farewell tour, a talented and down to earth individual, for a spaceman. 😁

[@jethro1963]

@@facitenonvictimarum Should they be, considering there hasn't been a moon landing for 50 years.

[@Sashathespaceguy-x6w]

@@j.richardson3638I saw him last year at his tour and met him in person.

[@shmookins]

It's nice to see Chris Hadfield visiting Earth.

[@nurnurka1190]

Chris Hadfield, the man, the myth, the legend!

[@jethro1963]

His interview to become an astronaut at the Canadian Space Agency is hilarious. Err I was the top pilot at the US Air Force Test Pilot School and I was the US Navy Test Pilot of the Year and I've focused my life to be an astronaut since I was a child.

[@ShadoeHaze]

Thanks, Kristen, for telling us a bunch of stuff that you DON'T know.

[@al28854]

she failed her astronaut parents 😒🤦‍

[@heidi9547]

This reporter sounds like she got an immediate memo from BOEING, to deflect the responsibility AWAY from Boeing.

[@jmf5246]

She and the corporate media would normally be screaming about waste of tax-dollars but they hate elon musk so much they pump up boeing. The media is just a propaganda arm for the bolshie dems and big tech

[@nancymcmonarch]

@@jmf5246 Elon? Hell, the spacecraft would have combusted spontaneously by now, and he'd already be blaming the astronauts.

[@TheMagicJIZZ]

​@@nancymcmonarchElon is the reason NASA can even go to the ISS because of thus Boeing failure Without Elon and his private dragon capsule we'd paying Putin for every astronaut because Boeing and spaceX won contracts but is 6 years late and asked for 2 billion dollars more

[@SpacePirate81]

Hadfield is a master of explaining the technical in the most down to earth terms.

[@ronaldcole7415]

Prayers for the astronauts that have to be strapped to this Glitchliner contraption.

[@dennissmith6783]

i agree

[@AquarianNomadic]

I'm no spaceship martyr...I quit.

[@AcmePotatoPackingPocatello]

Boeing employees are called Senators not engineers.

[@flthunderdigginwrob3162]

ouch

[@Bennyboy087]

That was cold....just like the Senator's current body temperature. Someone get these people an extra pair of socks!

[@ricksanchez9232]

You are called an idiot! How many space mission are delayed due to issues at launch? This is a common occurrence, when the stakes are so high?

[@robertlee6338]

Boeing employees are lazy gits

[@TheArcknight]

@2:30 This lady really pulled out her personal toy on a live news cast. look how shes holding that thing.

[@nancymcmonarch]

That's Boeing's toy. A tribute to how much they care about the suckers riding their dangerous flightcraft.

[@lukeamato423]

​@@nancymcmonarch😂

[@lukeamato423]

They shoulda made it out of rubber

[@Corvaire]

Her holding that ship is a meme waiting for exploration. ;O)-

[@al28854]

both her astronaut parents would be so proud

[@xcel5203]

All that experience with that equipment shows - she's unflappable!

[@ecamp6360]

Don't let people fly on this. The next few tries should be unmanned. I got a bad feeling about this.

[@timflynn2136]

I too have a bad feeling about this

[@moonkey537]

If I were one of the astronauts, I would be like "thank you, but NO thank you"

[@paulboger3101]

All I can say, I hope the crew is safe.

[@user-yd1vl9lj5j]

Because it says wait 24 hrs on the Flex-Seal can?

[@holgersinger3722]

Great Astronaut and Musican! Greatings from Germany!

[@4runrdc]

ULA is a Boeing / Lockheed Martin Company

[@4runrdc]

@Gadzonka If you want to get in to the weeds on definitions, perhaps you should do some more reading on ULA. ULA is a joint venture between Boeing and LM, not an alliance. In a joint venture, both companies own a share in a new legal entity. In an alliance, generally speaking, no new legal entity is created. In the video, the reporter made it sound like Boeing has nothing to do with ULA other than contracting launches, which simply isn't true. Boeing has a significant financial interest in ULA.

[@jepolch]

They had to scrub to make sure the doorplug was screwed on.

[@rocroc]

I don't buy what the announcer has to say. This is a coordinated effort between capsule and rocket. Everybody is in it together. 4.3 billions dollars to scrub at least two flights and four years over schedule. Even beyond that you have a rocket with a helium leak - a leak that they chose not to fix. I understand problems but I also understand astonishingly poor management. Top management that was terminated and paid a bonus of nearly 33 million dollars.

[@cactustree505]

That first reporter, Kristen, was a waste of time, not helpful or even interesting, should have given her time to Chris Hadfield. His perspective is much more interesting and insightful.

[@robindehood207]

I just hope it will not eventually change from Starliner to Widowmaker.

[@chrisadams27]

All the meanwhile SpaceX is launching at an almost daily cadance.

[@JRR31984]

LEGIT video title for THIS video.

[@James_Knott]

Chris Hadfield went to my high school, though several years after I did.

[@turtle-frogs]

He is a liar. Space is not real.😅

[@cmaxi20]

The reporter holding the rocket model was priceless. A true Kodak Moment. Does she know that she's just been spoofed?

[@Chumbawumba868]

I can imagine her using the model Rocket as a personal pleasure device.... lol 😁

[@watchit6298]

Thought the Astronaut was going to tell us why ?

[@mdhaynie]

6:27 he did. Also, Chris might disappear if he spoke out about any issues on Boeings part.

[@ecamp6360]

Why would he know? He's watching just like everyone else.

[@darkkingastos4369]

@@mdhaynie Nah Boeing does their dirty deeds out in the open as a form of intimidation

[@MichaelWinter-ss6lx]

He told why it will take 24 hours untill next launch attempt. Or 48h, or 72 hours, etc.

[@eyesoars9212]

He didn't know why the count aborted, but he did say why it has to wait 24 hours: the launch pad, affixed to the Earth, has to rotate until it's under the orbit of the ISS again. Only when the launch pad is in the plane of the ISS's orbit can the rocket launch, if it wants to get to the ISS.

[@Mr.Peepers]

I interviewed at Boeing. It was an IT position and I was talking to this guy in the UK. I was able to uncover information about their corporate backbone network on the Internet. This information should not be publicized. i brought this to the interviewer's attention and suggested he have them remove this content. Never heard another word from them.

[@Fabien_LECLAIR]

Thank you for this clear and detailed explanation! It's fascinating to learn the technical reasons behind the launch decisions of spacecraft like Starliner. Bravo to the former astronaut for his valuable insights and to the team for this informative report. Let's continue to follow the progress of space exploration with interest 🚀🌌👨‍🚀!

[@ajctrading]

Welcome to the maiden flight of Boeing Stayliner on this day the 1st June 2054

[@peterlongprong7521]

Launch Crew to mission control: "Um, we found a handful of bolt screws on the tarmac, do these go somewhere important?"

[@mattyjay8896]

Did the door fall off?

[@itsknotmagic]

A few bolts jimmied loose

[@patrickthebutcher]

Boeing couldn't launch a toy rocket with a full team of engineers and unlimited budget. How much longer are we going to pour money down this fucking hole?

[@facitenonvictimarum]

Why do they call it scrubbed? Why not just rescheduled, it's less ambiguous (?)

[@chyraxion]

i mean come on, this is the universe trying to tell Boeing to not use this craft

[@bmiller949]

Considering how Boeing planes lose their doors, I would question this craft.

[@moonkey537]

Boeing: "Our condolences to the families of the austrinauts, we will do better"

[@goodgremlinmedia2757]

The universe doesn’t send messages

[@goodgremlinmedia2757]

@@bmiller949Boeing planes don’t loose their doors. There has never been a recorded instance of a Boeing aircraft loosing a Door in flight.

[@paulboger3101]

This is a true sign!!!

[@jerryherrin458]

I was literally crying watching that reporter hold that "rocket" 😂😂😂

[@jaymacvean7829]

Tory Bruno, fingers crossed for you and the ULA team

[@G5Man]

Boeing needs to take a few Space Launch 101 classes from Musk.

[@fppenque]

One of the aspects of modern news reporting that is detestable is the propensity to frame everything as a crisis teetering on the edge of disaster. This was a scrubbed launch of a space vehicle. It happens all the time.

[@user-ih7py3ux7z]

Not sure Boeing should be involved in anything that involves flying machines at this point. Boeing needs to have it's entire board of directors and top executives replaced and probably face criminal charges not be given lucrative contracts.

[@sparkmanuk]

I felt so tense for those astronauts sat there, launching with a leak on the rocket, with a half hearted built capsule by Boeing.

[@eyesoars9212]

The only known leak in the rocket is helium, which is a thoroughly inert gas. However, it is odd that they have to sit on top of the 'bomb' and board and de-board a fueled rocket. SpaceX chose the opposite strategy: board the astronauts, enable the launch abort system, fuel the rocket, launch. Or, abort, de-fuel the rocket, disable the launch abort system, de-board the rocket. It seems naturally safer that way, but NASA's old guard was strongly against it, apparently because it's always been done the first way.

[@al28854]

both thinking 'I shoulda been on a SpaceX ride'.

[@brianroberts2402]

Remember that song, One thing leads to another? PAY ATTENTION!

[@BlackOnBlackStudios]

Why does someone with a business degree the head of this Boeing star liner launch. Let’s start there! 🤦🏾‍♂️. It Should be someone with an engineering major

Come on!! SpaceX is far far ahead for half of the price.

[@jasonclark9283]

What an interesting shape hold in your hand on the news

[@alainbelisle643]

I cannot even compile the failures of ULA and Boeing, it would take a spreadsheet. NASA should reconsider all the money and chances they gave to this company.

[@lordgarion514]

NASA had nothing to do with it. Congress mandates what NASA will spend money on, how much it will spend, and how it will be spent. And Congress quite specifically ordered NASA to use cost Plus contracts for artemis. And when NASA testified through Congress of the cost Plus contracts weren't working, and it was making the cost unsustainable, Congress ordered NASA to keep using cost Plus contracts for artemis. Luckily for us, Boeing didn't get a cost Plus contract for starlighter. And they are VERY over budget.

[@alainbelisle643]

@@lordgarion514 All good and true, but NASA chooses the contractors for the project. And the contractor keeps failing. NASA might not have too many choices, but their patience is running thin.

[@lordgarion514]

@@alainbelisle643 Not really. Most contracts with NASA are done by bidding. But in this case, SpaceX won the contract. You should probably look up how Boeing, Blue Origin, and ULA got contracts when SpaceX won (One hint: Bezos called his home states representative......) Whenever you get the urge to say something negative about NASA and money/contracts, it's best to change NASA to Congress..... SLS ain't called the Senate Launch System for nothing....

[@lordgarion514]

@@alainbelisle643 "NASA chooses the contractors" No, they don't. SpaceX got the contract because they won the bidding..... And well, the other way to get a contract is this way...... "Now that Jeff Bezos’s space flight company Blue Origin has lost a multibillion contract to Elon Musk’s SpaceX, Congress is prepping the ground for Bezos to win a contract anyway, ordering NASA to make not one but two awards. The order would come through the Endless Frontier Act, a bill to beef up resources for science and technology research that’s being debated on the Senate floor this week. An amendment was added to that legislation by Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., to hand over $10 billion to NASA - money that most likely would go to Blue Origin, a company that’s headquartered in Cantwell’s home state." Like I said, NASA had nothing to do with it. 🤷‍♂️

[@jxhensley2243]

I didn't know that John Cleese was an astronaut.

[@timbrady6473]

Maybe they should call ELON.

[@derradune6722]

He’s too busy going nuts on Twitter

[@whatthehell8108]

​@@derradune6722Cope . Thank God we have SpaceX 😂

[@TheMagicJIZZ]

​@@derradune6722they literally would be fucked without Elon. They would ve paying Putin right now without the crew dragon

[@timbrady6473]

@@derradune6722 That’s a side hustle on autopilot.

[@Skywarr405]

He's too busy burning up his Starships

[@dlc2112dlc]

They are no longer astronauts

[@Вивсівідстій]

Cancel the project. Boeing is running the Starliner project like they are the UK Space Agency. Clusterfk.

[@cashaeleatemla]

Now, the urine has to be stored on board in containers. In other words, Starliner's arrival at the station tomorrow couldn't come at a better time, and ground teams scrambled to make a switch ahead of launch. A replacement pump was quickly swapped into Starliner’s cargo. The pump weighs about 150 pounds, so the team removed two suitcases from Starliner carrying clothes and toiletries such as shampoo and soaps handpicked by Wilmore and Williams. There is a contingency supply of generic clothes and toiletries on the space station that the astronaut duo will use instead for their short stay, Weigel said. The mission teams also took a close look at Starliner’s parachutes after one parachute on Blue Origin’s recent suborbital crewed flight failed to fully inflate. Starliner uses components that are similar to that parachute system, Stich said. Blue Origin shared flight data with Boeing and NASA, and after assessing Starliner’s parachutes, the team deemed them “good to fly.”

[@jmf5246]

Apollo CM had a urine hose which dumped i to space. Why doesn’t the iss?

[@cashaeleatemla]

Yes indeed it can, in fact during Apollo 13 “waste” dumps were not allowed as they could/would affect orbital trajectory.

[@dlc2112dlc]

They are doing nothing.

[@sharplessguy]

There are 3 redundant racks of ground control systems that sequence the launch in a building at the base of the pad. One of the rack's printed circuit that controls the release of the rocket from the pad was slow (6 seconds) and out of sequence with the other two identical redundant cards. The three systems are required to be in sync before a launch can proceed. Since the systems are at the base of the rocket and it's fully loaded with propellant they have to detank before they can access the rack to troubleshoot. They have spare cards/circuits but the problem may be a power supply or network problem. It's going to be three hours before the building is safe to enter and troubleshoot

[@VikasSharma-g2f]

Looks like CNN got there check from Boeing on time😂😂😂

[@TheBHAitken]

Were all of the bolts in the door?

[@L8nitedave]

I always feel better hearing Chris explain things, he can reach over and grab a guitar if he needs to.

[@artpimpn]

Sound like she's apologizing for the corporations cause they lost money on this.

[@magaareinbredhillbillies]

tax payers lost money

[@Jon-ky6st]

@user-kh9wt9qz2u Well they might lose future contracts.

[@ajctrading]

​@@Jon-ky6st they should but they won't. You know the military industrial complex and all that ...😂

[@andrewmcevans465]

Boeing?? Lets see. Could be missing or loose nuts and bolts. Wrong screws and fasteners?

[@jimfesta8981]

Unbelievable. We land on the moon over a half century ago and these people can't manage to get off the ground. Makes you wonder about the quality of talent today.

[@DynaCatlovesme]

Why do the Boeing technicians look like THRUSH technicians from The Man From U.N.C.L.E.?

[@mighty_mouse]

Man Elon looking damn good. He should be proud of what he's accomplished.

[@PavelKrupets]

you mean like rockets exploding?

[@bozhijak]

All he has is his name attached as prime pimp for SpaceX. My respect goes to the engineers he has gathered together to make this happen.

[@TheMagicJIZZ]

​@@PavelKrupetshis rockets never explode Only the test ones for a research programme Not the commercial ones certified

[@TheMagicJIZZ]

​@@bozhijakwhy isn't he an employee according to you. Hes a self taught engineer. Starship is his design he designed it. Nobody else came up with that design. Or it would of existed before Elon may not have a 3 year degree but 25 years of practical experience in helping his lead his team

[@PavelKrupets]

@@TheMagicJIZZ you mean no new space x rockets exploded? use google!

[@maniusa4777]

They have to replace all the tires and will take 24 hours to do it.

[@jethro1963]

Get Chris to call Canadian Tire, he wrote a song about them, they'll cut him a deal on all season radials

[@Blindbrick2]

0:05 the man on the left forgot to put his legs in the harness.

[@ZIGZAGBureauofInvestigation]

Yeap! Un Safe Work Place plus SL is unfit to Fly.

[@mdhaynie]

He’s following Boeings “rush to get it done” protocol

[@akmuo]

I noticed that, too… I had to go through training twice a year to make sure I wear a harness right. There are many ways that harness can kill you, without you ever reaching the ground

[@lenger1234]

More than that, he forgot to connect his harness to the tether twice. The first time when retracting the gantry, #3 noticed and connected him, then again when reconnecting the gantry after scrub. This time #1 noticed and connected him, but he still didn't put his harness on correctly. Let's watch tomorrow to see if he is still there showing proper safety culture

[@bozhijak]

Just get it right. It's frustrating but smart.

[@PeytonWind]

Probably not a big deal. If this were the Starliner Max, I'd be concerned.

[@ChristineKane-on8bf]

Boeing? Is that a joke?

[@turtle-frogs]

Cnn. That's a joke.😂

[@Van_Liberty]

They really need to call it Padliner...

[@emont]

Is common, I lived something similar,I waited for about 3 hours, finally we boarded a Boeing, and after 1 hour they took us out again and told us that they would re-schedule our flight for the next day, cause the aircraft is having some issues.😅

[@chrisadams27]

Its funny comparing SpaceX to ULA/Boeing... Col Hadfield is very used to NASA/ULA/Boeing delays so no big deal right? However its extremely costly to scrub. All the meanwhile, SpaceX is launching seemingly everyday like a well oiled machine.

[@TitusMatthews-x4h]

what happened? hopefully it will still work later on at some point

[@whatthehell8108]

14 years of development. Ladies and Gentlemen 😂

[@PaineStakingTruth]

Did a panel or a wheel fall off?

[@kimbarrett6842]

That's unfortunate isn't NASA. Big Bird says Hello 🌬️

[@drgranger2]

Boeing is having a hard time making airplanes. I sure as hell wouldn't trust them to make a rocket right now.

[@dougsinthailand7176]

You realize that they’re different employees in differ t plants?

[@Павел-ь2ш2с]

And the battle continues again And the heart is anxious in the chest And Lenin is so young And young October is ahead! And Lenin is so young And young October is ahead!

[@PaineStakingTruth]

Look at the guy about to break down laughing at her!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Hudsongotwingz]

I must be getting old cause I caught myself saying “damn that young lady fine”

[@ddavis4730]

Not old enough

[@kennyroman9589]

So here's my thing! Why American Citizens being stopped, exiting the United States boarder, and given the 3rd degree? And if you refuse to comply your Theren with being arrested? Also, If you don't get the real ID, you can't fly in or out've the United States? Or within the United States? Your Obligated to get or else?

[@robertrodriguez6687]

Kristin Fisher, both her mom and dad were former astronauts.

[@afridgetoofar1818]

The older I get, the hotter they become

[@Llama_Qun]

She just love her rocket❤❤❤

[@liamanderson4992]

While the ULA has been messing around with this rocket for months, SpaceX has been launching more than 2 or 3 rockets a week. Perhaps NASA should try launching the capsule on top of a Falcon 9.

[@randomthoughts9463]

The "Scrubliner" - Ahhh, yes - NASA and Boeing, a project marriage of over-budget, over-schedule and under quality. *claps....

[@G5Man]

Curious to know how many Apollo launches were scrubbed?

[@ariver7491]

2:31. THAT'S WHEN THIS REPORT GETS INTERESTING 😀

[@AverageJoe483]

Boeing must be a major sponsor to CNN

[@justinh2832]

At 2:31 oh hello 😂 yes keep explaining what that rocket does 😂😂😂

[@ninehundreddollarluxuryyac5958]

ULA is also a Boeing company. I feel sorry for NASA's two most expendable astronauts.

[@arnoldsmith5754]

its a normal problem for any starliner launch

[@therichieboy]

This is why I go to NSF, not CNN for these events.

[@Cassander314]

Sounds like a management problem

[@cashaeleatemla]

After troubleshooting the issue in May, the space agency said a helium leak recently found within the spacecraft service module did not pose a threat to a mission. Rather than making a replacement to fix the leak, the teams decided that the helium leak is small enough to be manageable, Stich said. During the launch countdown Saturday morning, mission teams monitored the leak, and so far, no issues have been reported. The long-awaited first crewed spaceflight of Boeing's Starliner spacecraft has been scrubbed for today, after a hold occurred minutes before its window for liftoff from Cape Canaveral, Florida, this afternoon. The automatic hold was triggered by the computer that launches the rocket, which stopped the countdown clock. Two NASA astronauts - Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams - have now exited the capsule and returned to crew quarters. The mission comes after years of development and costly setbacks for Boeing's Starliner, which aims to compete with SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft. When the mission ultimately launches, Wilmore and Williams are expected to spend one day in orbit before docking with the International Space Station.

[@terrygelinas4593]

Hopefully the Stayliner can get off the ground on the next launch attempt

[@marvinmarcos8424]

It’s hard to launch a spaceship yah right, spacex does it multiple times a week at time.

[@muppetrowlf1473]

For the Astronauts sake I’d wait 24 years.

[@ALaughingMan]

He is not a former astronaut. Once you’re an astronaut, it’s a title you retain for life, similar to being a president. He may be a former commander, but he will always be known as an astronaut.

[@matteofalduto766]

Someone found some bolts on the path between the hangar and the launch pad and they need to figure out where they belong.

[@hogansgoat15]

Ya know, got the feeling that Kristin "MAYBE" brought that model of the "spaceship" from her hotel room......

[@Tobias042]

I heared that the ISS only needs 90 minutes to orbit around the earth.so why is there not a start-window every 90 minutes then?