So far a whole lot of jabber and no launch. Was supposed to be up by now - more delays? Sigh.
Boeing, my apologies, but I do believe that pooch has been screwed...
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So far a whole lot of jabber and no launch. Was supposed to be up by now - more delays? Sigh.
Boeing, my apologies, but I do believe that pooch has been screwed...
"NASA, Boeing, and ULA (United Launch Alliance) scrubbed today’s launch opportunity due to the computer ground launch sequencer not loading into the correct operational configuration after proceeding into terminal count. The ULA team is working to understand the cause. The next launch opportunity is Sunday, June 2, at 12:03 p.m. EDT for launch..."
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A sample return mission from the dark side of the moon.
https://www.reuters.com/technology/space/china-lands-uncrewed-spacecraft-far-side-moon-2024-06-01/
https://www.reuters.com/technology/space/china-lands-uncrewed-spacecraft-far-side-moon-2024-06-01/
Not sure if I would want to be a first test pilot on this mission. When it finally launches, I hope all goes well for all involved. Boeing does not need anymore bad PR as their reputation is quite fragile at this time. That said, you can't blame them for being extra cautious.
Agreed in general, though "fragile" seems a generous and forgiving descriptor of their reputation right now.
I don't blame them for being cautious. If anything, seeing caution from Boeing is a welcome relief, and even somewhat surprising, given the spate of recent incidents, the epic schedule and cost overruns relevant to the Starliner project in particular, and all that has come to light about the company as a whole of late.
What we blame them for is sucking so much.
Having the lunch scrubbed just seconds after their play-by-play announcer waxed rhapsodic about "so much history being made today," and having their pilot barf up a rambling, flag-waving speech authored by a PR department droid - complete with a cutaway shot to a literal flag, flapping in the breeze - was just an extra dollop of comedy icing on the crap cake.
You do your bragging after the job is done, not before. There's plenty of time for speeches and glad-handing once the capsule is in orbit. But all the self-[congratula]tory theatre, while still sitting parked on the ground, just seemed to underscore the air of ineptitude surrounding Boeing lately. "Things will be great if we just say they are," is not a viable management plan. That's the shareholder delusion program, spilling over from the C-suite.
The comment of the day over at Ars invoked the term, "Stayliner."
That's pure gold.
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Boeing Starliner trying again today:
Currently discussing a non-confidence-building leak of some auxiliary cooling system, why they can't do it on the pad... ...small enough to "live with", apparently.
Currently discussing a non-confidence-building leak of some auxiliary cooling system, why they can't do it on the pad... ...small enough to "live with", apparently.
sigh thanks for the correction... they shouldn't start the live stream this far before...It's tomorrow, not today. 23 hrs and 48 minutes from now.
In other news the Starlink locater site is pretty accurate. Saw a chain 2 nights in a row.
Starliner launch is today June 5 at 10:52. Starship is tomorrow June 6.
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Hey, feces occurs! But now you won't miss Starliner's next launch abort or Starship's next pyrotechnic display.
Starliner in orbit! Who would have guessed?
Watched the Starliner launch online (our cable company removed the NASA channel from their lineup awhile back...buckin' fastards...). Couldn't see the launch from here (~140 miles/225 km), horizon too hazy. Daytime launches are iffy to see from here anyway.
FWIW, depending on spacecraft speed and ascent angle, it takes about 2 minutes for it to get high enough above the horizon for me to see it. Of course the flat-earthers wouldn't know nothin' 'bout that LOL. I've eaten hot dogs with more brains than those folk.
FWIW, depending on spacecraft speed and ascent angle, it takes about 2 minutes for it to get high enough above the horizon for me to see it. Of course the flat-earthers wouldn't know nothin' 'bout that LOL. I've eaten hot dogs with more brains than those folk.
Well... if the earth were round (
) then theoretically if you were standing at the ocean you should be able to see the spacecraft starting at an altitude of about 4 km. That all should happen within the first minute, but there are a lot of "ifs" in there.
