Fifth helium leak detected on Starliner
Fifth helium leak detected on Starliner
NASA confirmed that Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft has suffered a fifth, although minor, helium leak in its propulsion system.
Boeing engineering department:
Spoiler
They're removing leeks.
Contrary. The farmers are at least productive.
Take your upvote and get out!
slaps knee
The mound at the bottom left is where they buried the QC inspector.
after being delayed for so long, while costing significantly more than SpaceX's offering, this is really just a very bad look
and, its coming at a time when everyone is already suspicious of Boeing from their aircraft manufacturing practices
"psi [pounds per square inch] per minute" is an odd unit of measure.
Ok just shut down Boeing at this point
I’d hate to be the person who detected it.
I'd hate to be the person talking to the crew right now...
All those squeaky voices will quickly get extremely irritating.
For he who detected it, ejected it
“Hey why’s my voice sound funny??”
Is this really going to turn out to be another challenger, fucking hell
No, it won't. At least, not because of a helium leak. Starliner is currently holding ten times the amount of helium needed to safely deorbit the capsule. These new leaks aren't anything mision-endangering and are leaking hundreds of times slower than the one they detected beforehand that NASA still deemed acceptable to launch with.
I've been out of the loop but when I hear that Boeing had built and was launching a spacecraft I immediately knew there was going to be problem. If they have a document history of cutting corners on their aircraft, what would make people think this would be any different.
I hope the astronauts can make it back without incident but knowing Boeing they might use the reentry as an opportunity to "disappear" the whiteness
Remember when Boeing was cool, Pepperidge farms remembers