It’s obviously Humpback Whales.
From the 16 pulse train recorded, it’s pretty close to 1.0 Hz and steady, “metronomic”.Some clock pulse is getting into the audio.It’s no big deal, except that it increases the likelihood that there are other cross-talk paths elsewhere that just don’t make themselves obvious.Not the sort of thing that’s tolerable around thrusters and pyrotechnics.
...I have to say that, at first, I honestly thought that this was going to turn out to be a 'gotcha' being played on the controllers by the crew of CFT1 for being stuck up there for so long but that isn't really how NASA astronauts act, is it? It's the equivalent of crying 'wolf' in a wolf-infested forest.
At least NSF got a boatload of publicity out of a fun clip!Interesting that the CO2 issue didn't get nearly as much - and that's a legit health concern.
Everyone is freaking out over this, but there are many logical explanations. Although Starliner is *most* likely haunted, it could also be aliens, space whales, sophon interference, forever lost cosmonauts banging on the hatch begging to be let in, or simply the Babadook.
NASA response:“A pulsing sound from a speaker in Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft heard by NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore aboard the International Space Station has stopped. The feedback from the speaker was the result of an audio configuration between the space station and Starliner. The space station audio system is complex, allowing multiple spacecraft and modules to be interconnected, and it is common to experience noise and feedback. The crew is asked to contact mission control when they hear sounds originating in the comm system. The speaker feedback Wilmore reported has no technical impact to the crew, Starliner, or station operations, including Starliner’s uncrewed undocking from the station no earlier than Friday, Sept. 6.”
NASA response:“A pulsing sound from a speaker in Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft heard by NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore aboard the International Space Station has stopped. The feedback from the speaker was the result of an audio configuration between the space station and Starliner. The space station audio system is complex, allowing multiple spacecraft and modules to be interconnected, and it is common to experience noise and feedback. The crew is asked to contact mission control when they hear sounds originating in the comm system. The speaker feedback Wilmore reported has no technical impact to the crew, Starliner, or station operations, including Starliner’s uncrewed undocking from the station no earlier than Friday, Sept. 6.”Also hilarious how this went viral. Rob is now famous, cited everywhere through to Fox News and Chinese TV
Ok but, this explain nothing!!
