Two astronauts wait to come home as Boeing races to understand spacecraft issues. Here’s what’s at stake | CNN
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Two NASA test pilots helming the inaugural crewed flight of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft are in a tentative position as mission teams scramble to learn more about issues that plagued the first leg of the journey.
  • SadArtemis🏳️‍⚧️@lemmygrad.ml
    24·
    5 months ago

    Honestly, when and if Russia leaves the ISS, I hope the whole thing goes down in flames (or floats off to oblivion). Actively imperialist nations (ie. the other ISS participants- basically the “league of colonial crackers+Japan”) have no place in space.

    • knfrmity@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
      17·
      5 months ago

      As far as I know, NASA has two current plans. Either sell the ISS to some billionaire, or deorbit it and drop it into the ocean. Both are really sad conclusions to an important scientific and engineering project.

      The funny thing is, the league of colonial crackers don’t have the capability to deorbit the ISS. Right now only the Russian Progress vehicle can significantly modify the orbit of the ISS. If it’s not deorbited quickly and precisely on purpose, it’ll deorbit on its own in an uncontrolled manner, with a slight risk of dropping debris on inhabited land.

  • YaksDC@lemm.ee
    17·
    5 months ago

    Why would anyone purposefully fly on anything Boeing has made recently?