Boeings Starliner capsule launches to the wring orbit. Misses the space station,

[bob10]

A case of it doesn't rain, but it pours? Boeing workers must be really frustrated ATM.


Boeing's Starliner capsule launches to wrong orbit in test flight, causing major setback - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

[p38arover]

Already posted here: Trivia and other useless but interesting items

[bob10]

Already posted here: Trivia and other useless but interesting items

What part of that do you consider trivial?

[Hugh Jars]

Buzz Aldrin's still alive.

Perhaps they could spend a few quid on him. After all, he just about wrote the book on earth orbit rendezvous.

[AK83]

What part of that do you consider trivial?

Why wouldn't it be.
For 99.99999% of the worlds population it is trivia!
Whatever this Boeing Starliner thing can and will do, for the vast majority of folks, it's just not that important.
it's not going to help us pay our bills, or give us any improvement in quality of life in any way .. it's really just a curio.

It may or may not be interesting tho, so it's inclusion into the trivia thread isn't out of place.

Out of curiosity, you'd have thought that for such a craft, they'd have had backup systems in place to safeguard against this kind of thing.
Or if they do had a backup clock, was that one also affected by the same timing errors.

[Pedro_The_Swift]

NASA went full tilt on the positive spin doctoring though... I am not sure Space X wouldve received the same direction of spin!!

[4bee]

Cynical me thinks it was orchestrated by the same crew that were in line to get the arse after the Dreamliner fiasco.

"We'll fix their bloody duff", they were heard to say.

[bob10]

Why wouldn't it be.
For 99.99999% of the worlds population it is trivia!
Whatever this Boeing Starliner thing can and will do, for the vast majority of folks, it's just not that important.
it's not going to help us pay our bills, or give us any improvement in quality of life in any way .. it's really just a curio.

It may or may not be interesting tho, so it's inclusion into the trivia thread isn't out of place.

Out of curiosity, you'd have thought that for such a craft, they'd have had backup systems in place to safeguard against this kind of thing.
Or if they do had a backup clock, was that one also affected by the same timing errors.

Don't you think the correct place for this is in the flight part of the forum? What's it doing in general chat? Besides, I didn't ask you that question.

[bob10]

Now entering orbit. Tiny leggo- like modular satellites.


Now Entering Orbit: Tiny Lego-like Modular Satellites | WIRED