Boeing and NASA move forward with historic crewed launch of new spacecraft
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/25/world/boeing-starliner-launch-spacex-delays-scn/index.htmlBy peutetre at
_joel | 1 comment | 3 weeks ago
api | 4 comments | 3 weeks ago
It’s possible that Boeing being incompetent and NASA being tied up with them is a cause for delays. Not sure but it seems plausible.
I wonder why they wouldn’t use Falcon Heavy though. Starship is still in development and not ready for any of this but FH is flight proven and cheaper.
icegreentea2 | 1 comment | 3 weeks ago
The obvious other replacement vehicle is Vulcan, which is actually fatter than the Starliner. I have no idea what integration issues that'd entail.
As for why Boeing went for Atlas? Well... SpaceX is their literal competitor. Assured access also implies being willing to take a hit on cost efficiency to ensure diversity of both crew capsule as well as launch vehicle.
panick21_ | 0 comments | 3 weeks ago
_joel | 0 comments | 3 weeks ago
boricj | 0 comments | 3 weeks ago
That didn't prevent the first orbital flight test of the Starliner capsule from being a complete mess that almost resulted in the loss of the vehicle.
> I wonder why they wouldn’t use Falcon Heavy though.
I don't think Falcon Heavy is human-rated.
philipwhiuk | 1 comment | 3 weeks ago
api | 0 comments | 3 weeks ago
martyvis | 0 comments | 3 weeks ago
gigatexal | 4 comments | 3 weeks ago
If there were decent competition or many firms in the space I wonder if Boeing’s failures in quality making planes would affect its ability to get government contracts
_joel | 0 comments | 3 weeks ago
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/crewed-starliner-...
tjpnz | 1 comment | 3 weeks ago
jprete | 0 comments | 3 weeks ago
allanmacgregor | 0 comments | 2 weeks ago
pixiemaster | 1 comment | 3 weeks ago
LorenDB | 1 comment | 3 weeks ago
If you don't like Elon Musk, you can say so, but that's no reason to be dismissive of SpaceX's overwhelming success as a spaceflight company.
collingreen | 0 comments | 3 weeks ago
It's kind of silly to tell someone the CEO has no impact on a company and that the CEOs previous antics are no reason to dismiss the company's current output.