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[–] [email protected] 48 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Boeing's starliner capsule is faulty.

It's also docked and blocking one of the two docking ports on the ISS.

It can't be remotely undocked.

It will probably kill its occupants on re-entry.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 months ago (2 children)

The last update I heard (granted that was weeks ago now) was that the capsule was faulty but still perfectly functional for reentry. They just wanted to do more testing first since reentry would also destroy their opportunity to learn more about what's wrong.

Its apparently still entirely functional for emergency reentry.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 months ago

NASA's been very vague and Boeing will happily kill people for their bottom line.

I'm not sure I can trust anything either says.

But, yeah. Starliner is probably just fine for re-entry.

Frankly if Boeing wants more data, they should send another one up with the CEO onboard.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

From what I see the thrusters are faulty.

Boeing said the cause is a Teflon seal bulging, they cannot identify why and when it is bulging but they say it will not happen on the way down.

Also, all the previous flights of Starliner had thruster malfunctions or shutdowns and they "fixed it" without knowing the root cause of the issue.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Are they whistleblowers?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

If they weren't before, they are now.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

No, whistles don't work in the vacuum of space.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

in space, no one can hear you whistle

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Wonder if they can use a robot to detach it from the inside.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

They'd have to get the robot up there.

Even if they could remotely undock, the thrusters are what's broken, their ability to manoeuvre starliner afterwards and not have it immediately drift into ISS is iffy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Yeah that would sux. Guess movie logic to put mini explosion of fire extinguisher on it wouldn't work.