“Of course they’re not comfortable putting them in the car.”
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and Two NASA astronauts still stranded Spending a few weeks in space Space agency officials claim Will the Boeing Starliner, beset by technical problems, be able to return the two explorers to Earth?
So why haven’t we done so yet?
Unnamed retired astronaut tell Atlantic The plain truth is that NASA has been running away from this space program since its inception: the risks are just too great at this point.
“Of course astronauts are nervous about putting astronauts on a spacecraft,” the former astronaut told the magazine, referring to the Starliner, which is due to transport astronauts to the International Space Station and back in June. “Otherwise, they’d be putting astronauts on it already.”
Delays are expected
No date has been set for the return, and it has been pushed back to August at the earliest, with NASA officials repeatedly citing a desire to test the Starliner capsule and iron out any issues before committing to a return.
The problems began when a helium leak was discovered on Starliner. Before takeoffThey decided to launch anyway, and began experiencing further leaks and thruster failures on the way to the ISS.
Boeing has been on the receiving end of negative press, with its planes having been in the news for years. Doors falling off and other quality control issuesIt also casts a dark shadow over space development efforts.
But NASA is not immune to scrutiny. Atlantic Ocean The article claims that the space agency has been reticent to talk about the problems surrounding Starliner, which has been plagued by misfortune since its inception. Various technical issues and launch cancellation.
Boys Club
NASA, meanwhile, is eager to have a second option for ferrying astronauts into space, next to the more combat-tested Dragon spacecraft built by SpaceX.
But Starliner aside, NASA’s relationship with SpaceX, the mercurial tech billionaire Elon Musk’s run company, has been plagued with headaches.
SpaceX’s space missions have been successful, but commercial space companies Personnel deaths and injuriesNeedless to say Musk’s drug use allegations and Inappropriate relationships with female staff.
One female staff member, a flight attendant, filed a lawsuit alleging that Musk showed her his penis. pay $250,000 to quell the scandal.
There have been no responses from NASA on these issues, but given that American money is being spent on these missions, there’s no doubt the space agency needs to be more transparent.
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