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  • Starliner

    From Avon@21:1/101 to All on Wed Jun 5 21:49:14 2024
    This mission is only a few hours away as I write this.

    I hope it goes OK.

    I'm kind of suprised they are doing an initial test/check out that's manned.

    Seems to me higher risk than it may be needed to be but I guess the stakes area high for the vendor and it's way behind schedule... still :(

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  • From paulie420@21:2/150 to Avon on Wed Jun 5 06:21:49 2024
    This mission is only a few hours away as I write this.
    I hope it goes OK.
    I'm kind of suprised they are doing an initial test/check out that's manned.

    https://starlinerupdates.com/

    Man - what an awesome time to be alive... I just missed the space race, and its wild that private companies [if they can be called that] are creating space travel!!

    I hope Boeing is investing more resources the these projects that some of their other ones that have been in the news recently...



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  • From n2qfd@21:1/154 to Avon on Wed Jun 5 15:43:09 2024
    This mission is only a few hours away as I write this.
    I hope it goes OK.

    I watched the launch here and it was a little tense knowing that there's been issues. Then again, I watched 2 space shuttles disintegrate on television.

    I'm kind of suprised they are doing an initial test/check out that's manned.

    Agreed, I mean it looked enough like Apollo to recall the fate of Appllo-1.

    It's been a tight 48 hours for space flight. A Space-x went up last night, the Starliner this morning and we'll see if Musk can get a little further than a surprised whale and a bowl of petunias tomorrow!

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  • From n2qfd@21:1/154 to paulie420 on Wed Jun 5 15:45:39 2024
    Man - what an awesome time to be alive... I just missed the space race, and its wild that private companies [if they can be called that] are creating space travel!!

    Hey we're about see our second Space Shuttle!

    Dream Chaser is supposed to be in Florida to start real flight trials this summer.
    https://www.sierraspace.com/dream-chaser-spaceplane/

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