Uploaded August 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
With an original planned mission duration of around a week, Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft has now been in space for over two months. However, based on recent comments from the agency and Boeing, this could end up being just the beginning. In a new media teleconference held earlier today, NASA revealed that the agency is currently having disagreements regarding whether or not Starliner should be used to return Butch and Suni, the crew of two the vehicle launched for the first time in early June.
On one hand, Boeing seems confident the vehicle is fine and capable of the return trip while some at NASA think they should consider using SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft to return the crew instead. Here I will go more in-depth into some of the highlights of the over-hour-long teleconference, what switching to Dragon would mean, upcoming milestones, and more.
Full article here - thespacebucket.com/nasa-isnt-sure-if-starliner-is-safe-to-return-its-astronauts
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Credit:
SpaceX - youtube.com/c/SpaceX
NASA - youtube.com/channel/UCLA_DiR1FfKNvjuUpBHmylQ
Boeing - youtube.com/@Boeing
Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:41 - Internal Disagreements
With an original planned mission duration of around a week, Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft has now been in space for over two months. However, based on recent comments from the agency and Boeing, this could end up being just the beginning. In a new media teleconference held earlier today, NASA revealed that the agency is currently having disagreements regarding whether or not Starliner should be used to return Butch and Suni, the crew of two the vehicle launched for the first time in early June.
On one hand, Boeing seems confident the vehicle is fine and capable of the return trip while some at NASA think they should consider using SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft to return the crew instead. Here I will go more in-depth into some of the highlights of the over-hour-long teleconference, what switching to Dragon would mean, upcoming milestones, and more.
Full article here - thespacebucket.com/nasa-isnt-sure-if-starliner-is-safe-to-return-its-astronauts
For more space-related content check out - thespacebucket.com
Credit:
SpaceX - youtube.com/c/SpaceX
NASA - youtube.com/channel/UCLA_DiR1FfKNvjuUpBHmylQ
Boeing - youtube.com/@Boeing
Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:41 - Internal Disagreements
