flashlight@fedia.io to Science@beehaw.org · 6 months agoBoeing is getting ready to send astronauts into space with their latest capsulewww.infoterkiniviral.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up136arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squarezhunk@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up9·6 months agoThey’ve actually done 2! The 1st, in 2019, didn’t get to the ISS. Bad clock code made thrusters fire like crazy and run out of fuel. The 2nd was on the launch pad in '21, but Florida air made valves seize. It launched in '22, had 2 thrusters fail, but still got to the ISS and back. Before this crewed flight test, they’ve been replacing parachute harnessing and flammable tape.
They’ve actually done 2!
The 1st, in 2019, didn’t get to the ISS. Bad clock code made thrusters fire like crazy and run out of fuel.
The 2nd was on the launch pad in '21, but Florida air made valves seize. It launched in '22, had 2 thrusters fail, but still got to the ISS and back.
Before this crewed flight test, they’ve been replacing parachute harnessing and flammable tape.