WHY risk it NASA is to launch NEW capsule into orbit instead of SpaceX Dragon...
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0:00-0:26: Intro
0:27-2:59: Starliner update
3:00-4:32: Starliner is safe?
4:33-5:37: Focus on Dragon
5:38-7:10: Big humiliation for Starliner: Technology
7:11-8:39: Big humiliation for Starliner: Expense
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NASA is to launch New capsule instead of SpaceX Dragon!
The countdown timer is on!
Finally, Boeing is ready to reattempt the Starliner launch after the humiliation in the race with SpaceX.
This flight will open a gateway to paradise for Boeing if successful, but it could be the gates of hell if it fails.
And the question here is whether Boeing's Starliner is guaranteed safe.
Should NASA continue to use Starliner for future missions?
Why not focus on Dragon?
Let’s find out on today’s episode of Alpha Tech:
(0:26)
First, we would like to mention the current situation of the Starliner capsule.
After years of delays and a dizzying array of setbacks during test flights, Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is finally set to make its inaugural crewed launch.
As soon as May 6, the Boeing Crewed Flight Test is planned to lift off from SLC-41 on an Atlas V rocket with NASA's 2 astronauts Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams.
Last week final preparations began with Boeing fueling Starliner with the propellent it needs for its attitude control thrusters and abort system.
Similar to SpaceX’s Dragon, Starliner uses hypergolic fuel for its systems. This fuel can be stored at room temperature so it can last the entire mission, however, it’s extremely toxic to humans.
Fueling was completed mid-las week and so teams from both Boeing and ULA picked up Starliner and moved it to SLC-41 overnight. The process began at Boeing's facility at Kennedy Space Center, originally constructed as one of the hangars for the Space Shuttles, and concluded just outside SLC-41 at the Vertical Integration Facility.