I hope NASA did an inspection. I’d be terrified to fly into space on Boeing
I mean there was just a helium leak they detected like a month ago, causing a delay and decided wasn’t worth taking the whole thing apart to fix, just send it.
Helium leaks all the time, it’s a very small molecule that is very hard to contain. ULA and SpaceX have flown with worse.
Besides, helium leaks make radio chatter way more entertaining.
It’s not like a door or anything
Of course NASA did an inspection. Their name is on the mission.
No shit they can’t even get a 747 right
Nah, 747 is largely okay, it’s from the era when Boeing was run by engineers and most of the design flaws have been resolved. The stuff to worry about is what they’ve been designing since merging with McDonnell-Douglas and the finance people took charge. They seem to be cutting corners everywhere to try to boost that Wall Street share price, and they’re paying the piper now.
ikr that was my first thought: “I hope they survive.”
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This is unfair to say. I hate Musk as much as the next guy. But SpaceX engineers are superb.
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They have a team to keep that boss at bay.
The day SpaceX has issues like Boeing, I’ll believe you.
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I don’t listen to that Musk has to say about the SpaceX issues.
I’d rather listen to the actual engineers working on the missions.
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It was fun to watch. I woke up early, had an “oh fuck, are they actually launching today? is that at canaveral or vandenburg? can I hop in the car and make the launch? aw fuck canaveral” moment this morning. Instead the cats and I watched on youtube.
And the copilot’s job on the flight is to keep the finger on the helium leak, or what?
Instinctively read this as … “screwed” Boeing Starliner …
You know… The star liner has issues… https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/05/nasa-and-boeing-are-getting-comfortable-launching-starliner-with-a-known-leak/
Honestly… If you look in the news… It’s not faring well
https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/1/24169334/boeing-starliner-launch-livestream-how-to-watch
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/boeing-starliner-launch-first-piloted-test-flight-space/
