NEWS 🚨: Astronauts are reporting that Boeing Starliner is emitting strange "sonar like noises"

This is the real audio of it:
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— Latest in space (@latestinspace) September 1, 2024

Kenneth_2003 said:

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Heard NASA says it was a comms configuration between Starliner and ISS creating feedback.

Still comical though.

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The good news is that Boeing was able to update the automated flight software on its troubled Starliner space capsule, allowing NASA to return it unmanned to Earth no sooner than Friday. The bad news or at least the serious question is whether Starliner will ever fly again.

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NASA decided last week not to fly astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams home on board the same ship they flew to ISS on due to safety concerns about the service module's malfunctioning thrusters. While sometimes an astronaut is scheduled in advance to return to Earth on board a different space capsule, this is the first time anything like Boeing's snafu has happened.

On Friday, the New York Post reported that the discussion between NASA and Boeing "was heated."
"Boeing was convinced that the Starliner was in good enough condition to bring the astronauts home, and NASA disagreed. Strongly disagreed," a NASA source told the Post. "The thinking around here was that Boeing was being wildly irresponsible."

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So, what's next for Starliner?

"I am not sure the decision will ultimately be NASA's. Boeing is going to have to foot much of this bill, as they have been," Lori Garver, a former NASA deputy administrator who was a key architect of NASA's Commercial Crew Program, told Reuters last week. The company is already $1.6 billion in the red on Starliner.

Boeing is contracted to send three crewed Starliner missions to the International Space Station over the next six years, with the possibility of up to three more.

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GCRanger said:

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I thought it was going to be a "we've been trying to reach you about your vehicles' extended warranty"

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aggiehawg said:

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On Friday, the New York Post reported that the discussion between NASA and Boeing "was heated."
"Boeing was convinced that the Starliner was in good enough condition to bring the astronauts home, and NASA disagreed. Strongly disagreed," a NASA source told the Post. "The thinking around here was that Boeing was being wildly irresponsible."

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So, what's next for Starliner?

"I am not sure the decision will ultimately be NASA's. Boeing is going to have to foot much of this bill, as they have been," Lori Garver, a former NASA deputy administrator who was a key architect of NASA's Commercial Crew Program, told Reuters last week. The company is already $1.6 billion in the red on Starliner.

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GOOD ENOUGH!!!???

That's Boeings answer! It's GOOD ENOUGH!? If I have my boss that answer on a project they might open the door before they tossed me out.

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We’re supportive of NASA’s decision to target the ESCAPADE mission for no earlier than spring 2025 and look forward to the flight. We plan to move up New Glenn’s second flight, originally scheduled for December, into November. New Glenn will carry Blue Ring technology and mark…

— Blue Origin (@blueorigin) September 6, 2024

AtticusMatlock said:

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Approximately 50 minutes from undocking and attempted return for Starliner. Being live streamed on a few different channels.

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aggiehawg said:

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Sorry for the dumb question but just heard it is supposed to "land" in New Mexico? Details?

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