https://www.newscientist.com/articl...aft-fails-to-reach-iss-due-to-a-broken-clock/ I was an unmanned test, but I read that if the astronauts had been onboard they could corrected the problem
Sorry about that, Lanny...I changed the link to another one; https://www.newscientist.com/articl...aft-fails-to-reach-iss-due-to-a-broken-clock/ A long-exposure image of Boeing’s Starliner launch Terry Renna/AP/Shutterstock Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft will be unable to reach the International Space Station during its first test flight. The spacecraft launched as expected on 20 December and made it into orbit around Earth, but a problem occurred about 30 minutes after lift-off from Cape Canaveral in Florida. By that point, Starliner was already in space and should have fired its thrusters to raise its orbit even higher, so that it matched the orbit of the ISS – but it didn’t. In a statement, Boeing said that the spacecraft is in “a safe and stable configuration” as engineers figure out what to do next. However, NASA head Jim Bridenstine said in a press conference that too much fuel has already been burned and that even though Starliner is still raising its orbit, it won’t be able to reach to the ISS. According to Bridenstine, the issue was an anomaly with one of Starliner’s clocks, which made the spacecraft’s systems behave as if the mission was further along than it was and use up much of its fuel too early. It isn’t yet clear why the clock was wrong, but Boeing has placed Starliner in an orbit that will allow it to land in New Mexico on 22 December. The company will run more tests during the remainder of the flight and after the spacecraft lands. After those tests, NASA and Boeing will decide whether more test flights are needed. “This morning’s launch was a test flight, which is why it flew a mannequin instead of an astronaut,” says space consultant Laura Forczyk. “Failures are expected during testing.” The Starliner craft is designed to carry astronauts into space, and Bridenstine said that because the problem was an automation issue, having crew members on board may well have saved the mission. Starliner’s first crewed flight was scheduled for its next test in early 2020, but now it will probably be postponed, says Forczyk. Delays with Boeing and SpaceX, both of which have been contracted to build capsules to shuttle NASA astronauts to the ISS, have already led NASA to consider purchasing more seats aboard the Russian Soyuz spacecraft. “Further delays in the Commercial Crew Program unfortunately mean NASA will continue to be reliant on its Russian partner to fly NASA astronauts to the ISS,” says Forczyk. Launching humans into space from US soil, a feat that hasn’t been achieved since the Space Shuttle programme ended in 2011, may have to wait.
Why didn't they send Trump? They could have told him that his new Space Force crew wanted to grovel at his feet.
Just checking in on this thread.... If Impeachment Day happened, just the other day.. why don't we have Pence sworn in? Appreciate the explanation friends! Politics are not really my thing.
Not my thing either, but impeachment really doesn't mean anything. It still has to go to the Senate, they have to do their thing and then there's that. The Republicans control the senate and there is almost no chance that Trump gets removed from office.
There is a very good chance. They sit on it, win back the Senate where they can make the rules and even though Trump won again they can throw him out....for National Security obviously.
My dad has said all along that's their strategy. It won't go to the Senate until after the 2020 election.
That doesn't make much sense. The chances of Trump winning reelection and at the same time the Democrats winning the senate are slim. barfo
While nobody knows exactly what trick Pelosi has up her sleeve, I think we can rest assured that she's got some trick she's gonna produce. I suspect that she's hoping that public pressure will build on Senators over the holiday break. Right now 71% of Americans want some witnesses and/or documents produced for Senate consideration. Perhaps some of that will take it's toll on Republican senators and we'll have something more like a real trial. I wish McConnell would take notice of his impeachment oath when he takes it.
