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    George K
    wrote on 24 Aug 2024, 22:30 last edited by
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    So, it seems the NASA spacesuits that went up with the (cough) Starliner are NOT compatible with the SpaceX ship.

    I've also read that undocking from the ISS, uncrewed, might be dangerous tricky.

    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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      Copper
      wrote on 25 Aug 2024, 01:44 last edited by
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      Some people think space is not easy.

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        Some people think space is not easy.

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        George K
        wrote on 25 Aug 2024, 01:50 last edited by
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        @Copper said in Stranded Astronauts:

        Some people think space is not easy.

        From "The Expanse."

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        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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          George K
          wrote on 28 Aug 2024, 01:49 last edited by
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          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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            George K
            wrote on 31 Aug 2024, 21:43 last edited by
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            "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

            The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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              28 Aug 2024, 01:49

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              LuFins Dad
              wrote on 31 Aug 2024, 21:50 last edited by
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              @George-K said in Stranded Astronauts:

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              The bartender is not pleased with having just been sprayed with Modelo…

              The Brad

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                George K
                wrote on 6 Sept 2024, 13:32 last edited by
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                Coming home empty this PM.

                https://www.space.com/boeing-starliner-crew-flight-test-earth-return-webcast

                Boeing's Starliner capsule will depart the International Space Station without astronauts today (Sept. 6), and you can watch the action live.

                A livestream of Starliner's homecoming will begin at 5:45 p.m. EDT (2145 GMT) today, featuring the capsule's undocking at 6:04 p.m. EDT (2204 GMT). You can watch it here at Space.com, via NASA Television.

                Landing, at White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico, is scheduled about six hours later, on Saturday (Sept. 7) at 12:03 a.m. EDT (0403 GMT or 10:03 p.m. local time Sept. 6). NASA will livestream that event as well, starting at 10:50 p.m. EDT (0250 GMT).

                I remember reading a story that this is pretty risky, considering the unreliability of the helium-powered thrusters. After all, that's why it's not coming down with a crew aboard. Concern is that this unreliability may cause damage to the ISS.

                Fingers crossed.

                "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                  Tom-K
                  wrote on 6 Sept 2024, 14:41 last edited by
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                  Just to think people were going to the moon 55 years ago.

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                    Jolly
                    wrote on 6 Sept 2024, 14:52 last edited by
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                    That was before DEI at NASA.

                    “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                    Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                      6 Sept 2024, 14:52

                      That was before DEI at NASA.

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                      Doctor Phibes
                      wrote on 6 Sept 2024, 16:05 last edited by Doctor Phibes 9 Jun 2024, 16:08
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                      @Jolly said in Stranded Astronauts:

                      That was before DEI at NASA.

                      Both shuttle disasters were before DEI, too, so if anything bringing minorities in has made things better!

                      I was only joking

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                        6 Sept 2024, 16:05

                        @Jolly said in Stranded Astronauts:

                        That was before DEI at NASA.

                        Both shuttle disasters were before DEI, too, so if anything bringing minorities in has made things better!

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                        Copper
                        wrote on 6 Sept 2024, 16:14 last edited by
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                        @Doctor-Phibes said in Stranded Astronauts:

                        Both shuttle disasters were before DEI,

                        NASA went full speed ahead with DEI before the Shuttle ever flew.

                        Although it didn't become the most important thing at NASA until a few years later.

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                          LuFins Dad
                          wrote on 6 Sept 2024, 16:19 last edited by
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                          Apollo 1 was well before...

                          Of course, wasn't there a movie celebrating the black female mathematicians that worked on the project? Hmmm.

                          The Brad

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                            Mik
                            wrote on 6 Sept 2024, 16:38 last edited by
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                            You'd think they would have thought of this in advance.

                            https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/nasa-astronauts-can-t-wear-boeing-starliner-spacesuits-in-spacex-s-dragon-here-s-why/ar-AA1q4jHr?ocid=msedgntp&pc=LCTS&cvid=55d72f54bb7f41b48ad74273fda208c5&ei=67

                            “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                              6 Sept 2024, 16:19

                              Apollo 1 was well before...

                              Of course, wasn't there a movie celebrating the black female mathematicians that worked on the project? Hmmm.

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                              Doctor Phibes
                              wrote on 6 Sept 2024, 16:48 last edited by
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                              @LuFins-Dad said in Stranded Astronauts:

                              Apollo 1 was well before...

                              Of course, wasn't there a movie celebrating the black female mathematicians that worked on the project? Hmmm.

                              It's probably ok having black mathematicians as long as you don't celebrate them.

                              I was only joking

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                                Copper
                                wrote on 6 Sept 2024, 22:44 last edited by Copper 9 Jun 2024, 22:47
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                                The Starliner undocked

                                Landing 12:03 AM EDT, just after midnight tonight

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                                  6 Sept 2024, 22:44

                                  The Starliner undocked

                                  Landing 12:03 AM EDT, just after midnight tonight

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                                  George K
                                  wrote on 6 Sept 2024, 22:59 last edited by
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                                  @Copper said in Stranded Astronauts:

                                  The Starliner undocked

                                  Good. No damage to the ISS, I gather. Looked like a clean undocking.

                                  Now, about those space suits...

                                  "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                  The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                    Copper
                                    wrote on 7 Sept 2024, 12:59 last edited by Copper 9 Jul 2024, 12:59
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                                    Reentry and Landing video

                                    Skip to 1:19:00 to see it touchdown

                                    https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/starliner

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                                      jon-nyc
                                      wrote on 7 Sept 2024, 13:50 last edited by
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                                      You’d think they could send up compatible space suits when the pick them up.

                                      Only non-witches get due process.

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                                        7 Sept 2024, 13:50

                                        You’d think they could send up compatible space suits when the pick them up.

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                                        George K
                                        wrote on 7 Sept 2024, 13:59 last edited by
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                                        @jon-nyc said in Stranded Astronauts:

                                        You’d think they could send up compatible space suits when the pick them up.

                                        Supposedly, they are on the way on the next SpaceX mission.

                                        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                          Copper
                                          wrote on 17 Sept 2024, 20:04 last edited by
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