On Episode 108 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk about the long-awaited team flight test of Boeing’s Starliner business spacecraft.
We’ve been waiting… and waiting… and waiting for Boeing’s Starliner to fly. First chosen in 2010, along with SpaceX’s Crew Dragon, Starliner hasactually been behind schedule for years. SpaceX got $2.6 billion for its 6 dragon flights, and Boeing got more at $4.3 billion, so you’d anticipate Boeing to be veryfirst to fly, best?
Well, as of today, SpaceX hasactually provided teams to the International Space Station 8 times, to Boeing’s… no. Delayed advancement, turbulence issues with the pill on the Atlas launcher, stuck valves, combustible products, and defective parachute lines have all contributed to the hold-ups.
Boeing hasactually flown 2 uncrewed objectives—the veryfirst one a partial failure, with the 2nd, moneyed by Boeing itself, flown to NASA’s completesatisfaction. Now it’s time to put a team aboard. Will Boeing gottenridof their problems and provide the items? Join us.
Space news of the week
- Starliner Sizzle Reel
- Shenzhou Launch & Tiangong Repair
- Return of Voyager 1
- Starliner Live Mission Updates
- Starliner and Crew Dragon compared
- China and International Lunar Research Station
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Host of This Week In Space on TWiT
Host of This Week In Space on TWiT
Rod Pyle is an author, reporter, tv manufacturer and Editor-in-Chief of Ad Astra magazine. He hasactually composed 18 books on area history, expedition, and advancement, consistingof Space 2.0, Innovation the NASA Way, Interplanetary Robots, Blueprint for a Battlestar, Amazing Stories of the Space Age, First On the Moon, and Destination Mars
In a previous life, Rod produced many documentaries and brief movies for The History Channel, Discovery Communications, and Disney. He likewise worked in visual impacts on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and the Battlestar Galactica reboot, as well as different sci-fi TELEVISION pilots. His most current TELEVISION credit was with the NatGeo documentary on Tom Wolfe’s renowned book The Right Stuff.
This Week In Space co-host
This Week In Space co-host
Responsible for Space.com’s editorial vision, Tariq Malik hasactually been the Editor-in-Chief of Space.com giventhat 2019 and hasactually covered area news and science for 18 years. He signedupwith the Space.com group in 2001, veryfirst as an intern and quickly aft