Starliner is in Big Trouble! NASA Finally Realized Dragon is 1000x Better
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0:00 0:25: Intro
0:263:02: Starliner Big Trouble
3:036:46: Will Starliner ensure the safety?
6:478:39: Boeing should learn from SpaceX.
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Starliner is in Big Trouble! NASA Finally Realized Dragon is 1000x Better
Despite the grandiose advertising and boasting by NASA, ULA, and Boeing, the scheduled launch of the Starliner earlier this month faced yet another delay.
Honestly, I don't want to criticize the Starliner, but its recent new delay is truly unacceptable.
In fact, there were warnings about the Starliner spacecraft, but did NASA and Boeing negligently overlook them?
What exactly happened with this expensive spacecraft?
Let's find out on today's episode of Alpha Tech:
Starliner is in Big Trouble! NASA Finally Realized Dragon is 1000x Better
After the initial delay caused by a faulty valve on the Atlas V rocket, officials from NASA, Boeing, and ULA had scheduled the launch for later this week, on May 17.
But now that's no longer the plan.
Teams detected a small helium leak in the Starliner's service module and have pushed the target date back an additional four days. This means that the first crewed launch of Boeing's Starliner spacecraft, which is years behind schedule and over budget by more than $1.4 billion, will not take place before next Tuesday, May 21.
So what is the problem with Starliner?
Starliner is in Big Trouble! NASA Finally Realized Dragon is 1000x Better
In fact, during the first delay aside from the valve issue on the Atlas V rocket, engineers discovered an unrelated helium leak in Starliner's propellant pressurization system. At that time, they believed it was still within the safety limits of the flight.
However, after the Atlas V and Starliner were rolled back to the VIF for the oxygen valve replacement, managers decided to take a closer look at the helium issue.