Two NASA astronauts will remain aboard the space station a few extra days as Boeing and NASA work to better understand issues with the Starliner spacecraft.
Ah yes, the helium leak again. The thing that wasn’t an issue in the first place. So not an issue that it was fine to launch. So not an issue that there were thruster problems (which use pressurized helium) that could have prevented them from docking with the ISS at all. Totally not an issue with undocking and maneuvering away from the ISS safely and transferring to a reentry orbit.
The real delay here is that Starliner’s RCS system is in the disposable service module, so engineers won’t be able to do a post-flight analysis of it. Dragon’s RCS is in the reusable crew module; the only subsystems they don’t bring back are solar cells and radiators mounted on the trunk.
Ah yes, the helium leak again. The thing that wasn’t an issue in the first place. So not an issue that it was fine to launch. So not an issue that there were thruster problems (which use pressurized helium) that could have prevented them from docking with the ISS at all. Totally not an issue with undocking and maneuvering away from the ISS safely and transferring to a reentry orbit.
Yup not that helium leak was not an issue at all.
Hey, hey- what are you, some kinda . . . whistleblower?
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The real delay here is that Starliner’s RCS system is in the disposable service module, so engineers won’t be able to do a post-flight analysis of it. Dragon’s RCS is in the reusable crew module; the only subsystems they don’t bring back are solar cells and radiators mounted on the trunk.