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[–] [email protected] 41 points 2 months ago (2 children)

This really sucks; it's not good for the human body to be in microgravity for that long.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Yeah, leg day gets a lot harder when you're floating. Not to mention they're missing all the normal walking around and lifting gravity forces us to do...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Just make the station spin really fast 🤷🏻‍♂️

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That looks so familiar

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

The Expanse

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

They have a squat machine up there.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

I'm not sure that their stay will be long enough that microgravity becomes a problem, I saw here that average mission length is around 6 months

[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 months ago (2 children)

What's the hold up? I've heard about the trip extension but not why

[–] [email protected] 83 points 2 months ago

Boeing made the shuttle they used to go up and should use to go back down.

And, well, Boeing made the capsule.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Boeing's starliner capsule is faulty.

It's also docked and blocking one of the two docking ports on the ISS.

It can't be remotely undocked.

It will probably kill its occupants on re-entry.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago (2 children)

The last update I heard (granted that was weeks ago now) was that the capsule was faulty but still perfectly functional for reentry. They just wanted to do more testing first since reentry would also destroy their opportunity to learn more about what's wrong.

Its apparently still entirely functional for emergency reentry.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 months ago

NASA's been very vague and Boeing will happily kill people for their bottom line.

I'm not sure I can trust anything either says.

But, yeah. Starliner is probably just fine for re-entry.

Frankly if Boeing wants more data, they should send another one up with the CEO onboard.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

From what I see the thrusters are faulty.

Boeing said the cause is a Teflon seal bulging, they cannot identify why and when it is bulging but they say it will not happen on the way down.

Also, all the previous flights of Starliner had thruster malfunctions or shutdowns and they "fixed it" without knowing the root cause of the issue.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Are they whistleblowers?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

If they weren't before, they are now.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

No, whistles don't work in the vacuum of space.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

in space, no one can hear you whistle

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Wonder if they can use a robot to detach it from the inside.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They'd have to get the robot up there.

Even if they could remotely undock, the thrusters are what's broken, their ability to manoeuvre starliner afterwards and not have it immediately drift into ISS is iffy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Yeah that would sux. Guess movie logic to put mini explosion of fire extinguisher on it wouldn't work.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Firefly needs to hurry up and make a human-rated capsule instead of cargo farings.

I have high hopes for a company that can set up a rocket almost from scratch in 24 hours.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Don't forget Sierra Space's Dream Chaser

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

I work in the industry and know people who work dream chaser.

I’d honestly rather take my chances with the Boeing capsule than sign up for a ride on Dream Chaser.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

It is like the worst sequel to The Martian.