look out [up]

[sloporsche]

boeing's starliner just undocked from the ISS and its coming back to earth [maybe] unmanned .......so run or dig a hole

 

[Holliday]

 

[sirhrmechanic]

 

[375fan]

Which is more likely to happen, a door comes off ( it's a Boeing) or it has a less than happy landing?

 

[vh20]

When is it supposed to arrive?

 

[sloporsche]

When is it supposed to arrive?

unknown last i read they were testing things

 

[sloporsche]

When is it supposed to arrive?

after mid-night est new mexico

 

[LuckyLuke80]

Maybe it will nose dive into corporate headquarters in Seattle…

 

[Ichi]

 

[NoDopes]

It did lose another thruster during deorbit. Ooof.

 

[Tiger_Shilone]

Skylab

 

[softcock]

It did lose another thruster during deorbit. Ooof.

The thing that just does Not instill my confidence, It's 2024 21st century and It all just remains so primitive in design for a survivable landing after reentry. Talk about low-Tech. delivery system that still can't move past drag Drogue's deployed to slow, and extract Round Parachutes for inflation. Reality is that it still just leaves human crew as a Billion dollar wind-drift that will be hitting the deck in a 'estimated LZ area' using an onboard inflatable airbag impact cushion... aka : compression impact avoidance.
( It all works ), but you throw in variables of one or two malfunctions to disrupt the mechanical order of completion, and desert hard pan is pretty unforgiving .
.

 

[sloporsche]

Skylab

old and past its life time but still steered somewhat to Australia .....boeing's vehicle was brand new

 

[sloporsche]

The thing that just does Not instill my confidence, It's 2024 21st century and It all just remains so primitive in design for a survivable landing after reentry. Talk about low-Tech. delivery system that still can't move past drag Drogue's deployed to slow, and extract Round Parachutes for inflation. Reality is that it still just leaves human crew as a Billion dollar wind-drift that will be hitting the deck in a 'estimated LZ area' using an onboard inflatable airbag impact cushion... aka : compression impact avoidance.
( It all works ), but you throw in variables of one or two malfunctions to disrupt the mechanical order of completion, and desert hard pan is pretty unforgiving .
.

much early transportation was unsafe at the beginning and quite scary