September 2, 20241 yr Now the Starliner is making weird noises. Boeing, what has happened to you? (Other than being bought by profit seeking dewsh berries who thought cutting quality, and moving to self-'inspection' a smart move in air and space travel).
September 7, 20241 yr With no crew aboard, spacecraft Starliner lands without a hitch https://www.npr.org/2024/09/07/nx-s1-5103722/starliner-nasa-boeing-crew-space-station-lands They managed to get it back to earth without a hitch. The program may well be doomed. The astronauts who rode up, can't use the space suits they have on SpaceX. No standardization is a bad thing in space.
September 8, 20241 yr Author Boeing Starliner returns to Earth, but without astronauts Boeing's Starliner spacecraft has completed its journey back to Earth - but the astronauts it was supposed to be carrying remain behind on the International Space Station. The empty craft travelled in autonomous mode after undocking from the orbiting lab. The capsule, which suffered technical problems after it launched with Nasa's Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams on board, was deemed too risky to take the astronauts home. They will instead return in a SpaceX Crew Dragon, but not until February - extending an eight-day stay on the ISS to eight months.
October 31, 2024Oct 31 Boeing allegedly overcharged the military 8,000% for airplane soap dispensers The government also isn’t sure if it paid 'fair or reasonable' prices for another 25 spare part orders. https://www.popsci.com/technology/boeing-soap-dispensers-audit/ Not surprising.
December 30, 2024Dec 30 I can't even imagine landing on that runway without the gear down, on its belly, thinking you might just survive the emergency, only to crash into a concrete wall and die. Awful.
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