Crewless Starliner lands safely

[Hanno Labuschagne]

Crewless Starliner lands safely

Boeing Co.’s glitchy space capsule returned to Earth without a crew, after a test flight that was marked by technical problems and delays.

The CST-100 Starliner departed the International Space Station at 6:04 p.m. Friday New York time and landed in White Sands, New Mexico, after a flight lasting about six hours.

[Bloomberg]

 

[Brian_G]

Well, don't know about the rest of you but I wouldn't have chanced it.... :-/

 

[HAL 9000]

 

[Broo]

Well, don't know about the rest of you but I wouldn't have chanced it.... :-/

NASA not very confident in their own equipment?

 

[Brian_G]

NASA not very confident in their own equipment?

Not sure what you mean, NASA doesn't have space vehicles of its own for the ISS anymore

 

[TrueSeeker]

Thrusters seemed to work fine on undocking, and the return went without a hitch. Somewhat lux that they can delegate the return to another company from the same country. Adds a degree of redundancy for test flights that is both unusual and useful.

 

[Bad Ballie]

Personally, I will not be stepping onto anything built by Boeing for a very long time to come. these people have survived off 100 year old technology for far too long as it is.

 

[PaulGherkin]

Personally, I will not be stepping onto anything built by Boeing for a very long time to come. these people have survived off 100 year old technology for far too long as it is.

The problems at Boeing, or rather the problems with their products are rooted in management. That's what happens when a company has it's balls put in a vise by the MBAs, accountants and shareholders

 

[Nerfherder]

Well, don't know about the rest of you but I wouldn't have chanced it.... :-/

Yip, a year in a pipe in space is a long flipping time.

 

[Nerfherder]

NASA not very confident in their own equipment?

Its Boeing not NASA

 

[Gordon_R]

Pretty scathing report:

Nasa boss says Boeing Starliner failure one of worst in its history

The agency released a critical report that puts the Starliner incident at same mistake level assigned to the fatal Columbia and Challenger shuttle disasters.

www.bbc.com

 

[ToxicBunny]

The problems at Boeing, or rather the problems with their products are rooted in management. That's what happens when a company has it's balls put in a vise by the MBAs, accountants and shareholders

I'd say the problems at Boeing are just a very public version of the problems at most companies these days.