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Post by marylandstoke on Jun 26, 2024 10:46:25 GMT
As if it wasn’t bad enough down here Boeing have now stranded two astronauts in space.  Boeing’s public relations crisis is now out of this world: the company’s Starliner spacecraft – and the two astronauts on board – is currently stuck in space. After what started as an eight-day mission, US astronauts Sunita “Suni” Williams and Barry “Butch” Wilmore have now spent the better part of a month on their space capsule attached to the International Space Station as engineers work out the problems with Starliner. It remains unclear when exactly the astronauts will be able to make their return to Earth. A Boeing spokesperson told the Guardian they have “adjusted the return of Starliner Crew Flight Test until after two planned spacewalks on Monday, June 24, and Tuesday, July 2” and that they “currently do not have a date for the return, and will evaluate opportunities after the spacewalk. |
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Post by metalhead on Jun 26, 2024 19:01:48 GMT
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Post by georgeberrysafro on Jun 26, 2024 19:15:57 GMT
As if it wasn’t bad enough down here Boeing have now stranded two astronauts in space. Boeing’s public relations crisis is now out of this world: the company’s Starliner spacecraft – and the two astronauts on board – is currently stuck in space. After what started as an eight-day mission, US astronauts Sunita “Suni” Williams and Barry “Butch” Wilmore have now spent the better part of a month on their space capsule attached to the International Space Station as engineers work out the problems with Starliner. It remains unclear when exactly the astronauts will be able to make their return to Earth. A Boeing spokesperson told the Guardian they have “adjusted the return of Starliner Crew Flight Test until after two planned spacewalks on Monday, June 24, and Tuesday, July 2” and that they “currently do not have a date for the return, and will evaluate opportunities after the spacewalk. Maybe they were jumping on parts again to make them fit like they did with the 787 Max. When their ex-employees of the company and another boeing manager start refusing to fly on their planes you know it's probably best to avoid them. |
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Post by mtrstudent on Jun 28, 2024 8:51:40 GMT
My mates who are into aerospace tell me Boeing used to be something to be proud of. Then they merged with McDonnell Douglas and the know it all corporate suits took over from the engineers.
Always chasing the next quarter and not investing in the future.
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Post by metalhead on Jun 28, 2024 9:04:31 GMT
My mates who are into aerospace tell me Boeing used to be something to be proud of. Then they merged with McDonnell Douglas and the know it all corporate suits took over from the engineers. Always chasing the next quarter and not investing in the future. There's a documentary on Netflix worth watching. They basically pin point the moment that Boeing go from engineers/manufacturers of high quality airplanes to cheap mass produced extremely dangerous tin cans. |
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