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NASA, Boeing and ULA announce June 1 as new target date for Starliner’s Crew Flight Test – Spaceflight Now (spaceflightnow.com)

submitted 7 months ago by llamacoffee to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Wow, they're going to go for it. We could have a Starliner-Starship double-header! (Assuming neither slips further)

Helium is always a pain in the ass to contain...

[–] clothes 2 points 7 months ago

I assumed optics would force them to replace the part, even if there wasn't an engineering reason to do so. Glad I was wrong!

A small RCS leak feels like something that can be compensated for in software.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

There is no way I'd put myself on a Boeing plane rn, let alone a rocket, Even if I were qualified (I'm not).