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submitted 6 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

The launch attempt was called off roughly two hours ahead of the planned liftoff.

NASA and Boeing were forced to stand down from an attempted launch to the International Space Station on Monday because of a last-minute issue that cropped up with a valve on the spacecraft’s rocket.

Boeing’s Starliner capsule had been scheduled to lift off at 10:34 p.m. ET from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on its first crewed test flight. NASA astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita Williams were on board the capsule and strapped into their seats when the launch attempt was called off, roughly two hours ahead of the planned liftoff.

A new launch date has not yet been announced.

Mission controllers declared a launch “scrub” after an anomaly was detected on an oxygen valve on United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket, which the Starliner capsule was to ride into orbit.

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[-] LopensLeftArm@sh.itjust.works 148 points 6 months ago

Yeah, apparently NASA are real sticklers about all the doors staying on all the time. Just ridiculous standards to expect!

[-] hrimfaxi_work@midwest.social 51 points 6 months ago

Nanny state foolishness. It's just crewed spaceflight, not rocket science.

[-] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 30 points 6 months ago

Thanks Obama.

[-] ladicius@lemmy.world 15 points 6 months ago

If they build without doors at all? Simply weld in the crew with enough food. Why get out of the vessel? Space is deadly anyway.

[-] stembolts@programming.dev 12 points 6 months ago

It's not that hard. I seen the Flintstones, just have the space people put their feet out the bottom and wiggle em real fast.

Why am I not in charge of space launches? Probably people are afraid of my intellect, and massive dong.

(copium)

[-] Zier@fedia.io 9 points 6 months ago

I'm gonna need pictures of the massive dong incident before deciding if I'm scared or not.

[-] stembolts@programming.dev 11 points 6 months ago

It's umm, a quantum dong. Very rare, it appears very small in photographs but when not observed it is the size of Mount Fuji. Woe is me! To have the dong of the century but cursed to never show it.

Fear the quantum dong!!

[-] Zier@fedia.io 7 points 6 months ago

So it must be viewed with a blindfold and a pair of hands? So far, semi scared!

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[-] bmsok@lemmy.world 49 points 6 months ago

Good on NASA for scrubbing the launch to keep both the astronauts and the launch team safe. That's how it's supposed to work.

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago

Turns out, if your contractor kills enough people with their slapdash products, even go fever has its limits.

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[-] sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works 44 points 6 months ago

Hey, they finally followed a safety standard.

[-] Icalasari@fedia.io 26 points 6 months ago

Don't worry, somebody will off themselves with multiple bullet wounds to the back of the head for this

[-] RozhkiNozhki@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

In space, no one can hear you blow your whistle.

[-] swab148@startrek.website 4 points 6 months ago

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[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 25 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

It wasn't them, ULA followed the safety standards as they make and operate the rocket. 😂

[-] Kimano@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago
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[-] RedditWanderer@lemmy.world 38 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I would not want to get on a boeing rocket right now

[-] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 35 points 6 months ago

Boeing only made the spacecraft. The rocket was ULA (formerly Lockheed design).

[-] kboy101222@sh.itjust.works 19 points 6 months ago

ULA is 50% owned by Boeing. Therefore there's only a 50% chance you'll die!

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[-] hddsx@lemmy.ca 14 points 6 months ago

Right, so you’ll asphyxiate in space

[-] cmbabul@lemmy.world 16 points 6 months ago

Boeing deserves the scorn, but if it was a joint project with Lockheed it’s probably fine, they’re evil to be sure but they don’t fuck around

[-] Blackout@kbin.run 8 points 6 months ago

Yeah Lockheed always gets the job done right. Usually a decade late and a trillion dollars over budget but the job gets done!

[-] CameronDev@programming.dev 10 points 6 months ago

Guess who the other owner of ULA is....

[-] Zipitydew@sh.itjust.works 6 points 6 months ago

Sure but the rocket being used is Atlas V which is from the Lockheed half of the partnership.

Delta series is what Boeing brought to the ULA partnership. Which they acquired from buying out McDonnell Douglas.

Boeing didn't design either rocket ULA has flown.

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[-] MataVatnik@lemmy.world 28 points 6 months ago

I've been saying this for years now. Boeing is going to kill NASA astronauts if they are allowed to get their way.

[-] ghostblackout@lemmy.world 13 points 6 months ago

It wasn't the space craft it was a valve on the centaur upper stage (second stage)

[-] toast@retrolemmy.com 21 points 6 months ago

Exactly. It was a fault on the rocket, which was manufactured by ULA, a joint venture between Lockheed and Boeing....oh, crap

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[-] MataVatnik@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

People already are forgetting about Boeings space capsule test

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[-] mr_robot2938@lemmy.world 26 points 6 months ago

As much as I’d love to pile on Boeing, the article states the launch was scrubbed due to an issue with ULA’s rocket not the Boeing capsule payload.

[-] derf82@lemmy.world 19 points 6 months ago

ULA is a joint venture between Boeing and Lockheed, however.

But, again, Boeing spacecraft is a very separate division than commercial aircraft.

[-] asmoranomar@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

And even if it was, it would be the right move. The last thing we want is to stop risk management because there's only 2 hours left and the door hasn't fallen off so far.

[-] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 17 points 6 months ago

That damned door wouldn't stay shut. They might need to put a cinder block against it or something.

[-] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago

Or wedge it closed with an inanimate carbon rod.

[-] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

"I hate to say I told you so..."

-literally everyone

[-] jpreston2005@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago

The Kennedy Space Center has this flight reset for 10May2024, this Friday! Can't imagine how the astronauts feel, having the mission scrubbed whilst all strapped in, told to go home and maybe they'll shoot you into space in the next few days 😅

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago

Knowing what happened to the Challenger after they had an oxygen valve problem, I imagine some degree of relief.

[-] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 7 points 6 months ago

Only to go home and see news articles about Boeing whistleblowers dying.

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[-] littlebluespark@lemmy.world 22 points 6 months ago

Yeah, apparently Sony was getting pissy that the astronauts were about to leave the planet without logging into their PSN accounts first. 🤷🏼‍♂️

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