Looks like Boeing will try again with the Starliner test flight #2, currently slated for May 19.

NASA News Release link: https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/...-test-2-mission

Earl

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Let's hope it's not BoeZOing this time...

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Sooooo slowwww! No wonder Spacex is eating their lunch. Boeing has a LOT of problems.

Fat-Cat traditional govt-linked aerospace contractors such as Boeing are woefully slow compared to SpaceX.
Private sector ran-like-a-proper-business companies like SpaceX will always beat big contractors in terms of speed, cost, and efficiency.
They just march to a far different drummer.

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Failure may not be an OPTION, but it is ALWAYS a POSSIBILITY.
ALL systems are GO for MAYHEM, CHAOS, TURMOIL, FIASCOS, and HAVOC !

You mean you can have fast, cheap AND good after all?

With Elon Musk picking fights with the Biden Administration and now the Twitter adventure, will Starship be given a chance?


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No you can't have all three of fast, cheap, and good.
Govt contractors only give you ONE of the 3. Usually good, but Slow and Expensive .

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Yes, there is such a thing as NORMAL, if you have to ask what is "NORMAL" , you probably aren't !
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ALL systems are GO for MAYHEM, CHAOS, TURMOIL, FIASCOS, and HAVOC !

Still on target for the early eve of May 19. News conference tomorrow to discuss the upcoming launch.

NASA news article link: https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/...wed-flight-test


Earl

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Looks like Boeing and Aerojet-Rocketdyne are pointing fingers at each other over the stuck valve issue that caused the roll back to the pad of the vehicle last year. Don’t guess this is a story that would ever be even mentioned by NASA officially.

Story link: https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/11/tech...iner/index.html


Earl

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I guess it was also Aerojet's fault that the software got screwed up on the first flight.

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Well, there is that, isn’t there. I don’t think Boeing spoke about that issue in the article, which was (as I recall) the root issue for the orbit issue on the first test flight thus requiring this second test flight which, at this point, has yet to occur.

On the valve issue, it seems NASA appears to side with Boeing on the root cause of that issue, according to the article:

“A team of Boeing and NASA engineers is in general agreement that the cause of the stuck valves involves a chemical reaction between propellant, aluminum materials and the intrusion of moisture from Starliner’s humid Florida launch site. Aerojet engineers and lawyers see it differently, blaming a cleaning chemical that Boeing has used in ground tests, two of the sources said. An Aerojet representative declined to comment.”

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Bottom line, one would suspect Boeing is very embarrassed by all these delays and the mounting costs on THEIR ledger sheets. Hopefully for ALL concerned this next test flight will do the trick.

Earl

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