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Re: Boeing's CST-100 - Master Updates and Discussion Thread 3
« Reply #360 on: 07/02/2018 09:15 pm »
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The Dual Engine Centaur for the first flight of the The Boeing Company CST-100 Starliner is in the final stage of production and checkout and will be shipping to the Cape soon! For Starliner missions, we will fly two RL10A-4-2 engines on the #AtlasV’s Centaur upper stage.
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Re: Boeing's CST-100 - Master Updates and Discussion Thread 3
« Reply #361 on: 07/09/2018 05:15 pm »
An image of one of the CST-100's via Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BlBKFwolXDD/

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Re: Boeing's CST-100 - Master Updates and Discussion Thread 3
« Reply #362 on: 07/17/2018 12:17 am »
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The Dual Engine Centaur for the first flight of the The Boeing Company CST-100 Starliner is in the final stage of production and checkout and will be shipping to the Cape soon! For Starliner missions, we will fly two RL10A-4-2 engines on the #AtlasV’s Centaur upper stage.

There is also this image of the dual engine Centaur:

https://twitter.com/torybruno/status/1013861120061239296

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Re: Boeing's CST-100 - Master Updates and Discussion Thread 3
« Reply #363 on: 07/17/2018 07:58 pm »
Mike Pence will visit Cape Canaveral next month for a big space update

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Re: Boeing's CST-100 - Master Updates and Discussion Thread 3
« Reply #364 on: 07/19/2018 03:03 pm »
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The Dual Engine Centaur for the first flight of the The Boeing Company CST-100 Starliner is in the final stage of production and checkout and will be shipping to the Cape soon! For Starliner missions, we will fly two RL10A-4-2 engines on the #AtlasV’s Centaur upper stage.

There is also this image of the dual engine Centaur:

https://twitter.com/torybruno/status/1013861120061239296

That picture has both Centaurs for their 2 flight tests (though the RL-10s are only integrated in one of them yet).  The OFT's Centaur is on the right and the CFT's is on the left.
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Re: Boeing's CST-100 - Master Updates and Discussion Thread 3
« Reply #365 on: 07/21/2018 07:10 pm »
Boeing suffers a setback with Starliner’s pad abort test

https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/07/boeing-may-have-suffered-a-setback-with-starliners-pad-abort-test/

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The engines successfully ignited and ran for the full duration, but during engine shutdown an anomaly occurred that resulted in a propellant leak. "We have been conducting a thorough investigation with assistance from our NASA and industry partners," the statement said. "We are confident we found the cause and are moving forward with corrective action. Flight safety and risk mitigation are why we conduct such rigorous testing, and anomalies are a natural part of any test program."

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Boeing officials have apparently told NASA they believe there is an operational fix to the problem rather than a need to significantly rework the Starliner spacecraft itself.

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One source indicated that this problem may not affect the uncrewed test flight but that it could delay the crew test.

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Re: Boeing's CST-100 - Master Updates and Discussion Thread 3
« Reply #366 on: 07/21/2018 07:37 pm »
Boeing suffers a setback with Starliner’s pad abort test

https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/07/boeing-may-have-suffered-a-setback-with-starliners-pad-abort-test/

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The engines successfully ignited and ran for the full duration, but during engine shutdown an anomaly occurred that resulted in a propellant leak. "We have been conducting a thorough investigation with assistance from our NASA and industry partners," the statement said. "We are confident we found the cause and are moving forward with corrective action. Flight safety and risk mitigation are why we conduct such rigorous testing, and anomalies are a natural part of any test program."

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Boeing officials have apparently told NASA they believe there is an operational fix to the problem rather than a need to significantly rework the Starliner spacecraft itself.

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One source indicated that this problem may not affect the uncrewed test flight but that it could delay the crew test.
So the rumors were true after all.
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Re: Boeing's CST-100 - Master Updates and Discussion Thread 3
« Reply #367 on: 07/22/2018 02:46 am »
So the rumors were true after all.
They were right that an issue had occurred, but wrong about the details.

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« Last Edit: 07/22/2018 02:46 am by edkyle99 »

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Re: Boeing's CST-100 - Master Updates and Discussion Thread 3
« Reply #368 on: 07/22/2018 03:51 am »
So the rumors were true after all.
They were right that an issue had occurred, but wrong about the details.

 - Ed Kyle

The rumor I heard was "hydrazine leak", which sounds pretty much like what Boeing is saying.

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Re: Boeing's CST-100 - Master Updates and Discussion Thread 3
« Reply #369 on: 07/22/2018 04:49 am »
The rumor I heard was "hydrazine leak", which sounds pretty much like what Boeing is saying.
The rumor was wrong about the time sequence of the event.  As for "hydrazine", that may be true but so far Boeing has confirmed "propellant" leak, which could be MMH or N2O4. 

 - Ed Kyle
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Re: Boeing's CST-100 - Master Updates and Discussion Thread 3
« Reply #371 on: 07/22/2018 06:13 pm »
The rumor I heard was "hydrazine leak", which sounds pretty much like what Boeing is saying.
The rumor was wrong about the time sequence of the event.  As for "hydrazine", that may be true but so far Boeing has confirmed "propellant" leak, which could be MMH or N2O4. 

 - Ed Kyle

Either of which is a HAZMAT spill.
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Re: Boeing's CST-100 - Master Updates and Discussion Thread 3
« Reply #372 on: 07/23/2018 03:16 am »
Does anyone know the actual date of the test failure "in June"?

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Re: Boeing's CST-100 - Master Updates and Discussion Thread 3
« Reply #373 on: 07/23/2018 04:14 am »
parabolicarc has a different story: http://parabolicarc.com/2018/07/22/boeing-suffers-setback-cst100-starliner-abort-test/

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A sources familiar with the incident told Parabolic Arc the problem occurred with a  valve on the test rig, not on the motor itself. The problem has been addressed and did not represent a significant setback, the source added.

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Re: Boeing's CST-100 - Master Updates and Discussion Thread 3
« Reply #374 on: 07/23/2018 05:16 pm »
Boeing suffers a setback with Starliner’s pad abort test


Correction - it was an engine test (launch abort and other engines).  It was not the Pad Abort Test.  That is a very different test where the full abort and landing sequence will be tested. 

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Re: Boeing's CST-100 - Master Updates and Discussion Thread 3
« Reply #375 on: 07/24/2018 05:35 pm »
https://twitter.com/BoeingSpace/status/1021761282377113600
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An exciting day for the entire #Starliner and @BoeingSpace team! Let's get ready to fly! Learn more about #Boeing test pilot @Astro_Ferg via @washingtonpost and @wapodavenport.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2018/07/24/feature/nasa-trained-boeing-employed-chris-ferguson-hopes-to-make-history-as-a-company-astronaut/?utm_term=.90f444a53789

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Re: Boeing's CST-100 - Master Updates and Discussion Thread 3
« Reply #376 on: 07/24/2018 09:38 pm »
The rumor I heard was "hydrazine leak", which sounds pretty much like what Boeing is saying.
The rumor was wrong about the time sequence of the event.  As for "hydrazine", that may be true but so far Boeing has confirmed "propellant" leak, which could be MMH or N2O4. 

 - Ed Kyle

Either of which is a HAZMAT spill.

Depends on the quantity.

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Re: Boeing's CST-100 - Master Updates and Discussion Thread 3
« Reply #377 on: 07/25/2018 02:38 pm »
https://twitter.com/BoeingSpace/status/1021761282377113600
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An exciting day for the entire #Starliner and @BoeingSpace team! Let's get ready to fly! Learn more about #Boeing test pilot @Astro_Ferg via @washingtonpost and @wapodavenport.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2018/07/24/feature/nasa-trained-boeing-employed-chris-ferguson-hopes-to-make-history-as-a-company-astronaut/?utm_term=.90f444a53789

What happens if NASA uses CFT to do crew rotation? Does Ferguson get kicked off the mission, or does he get to stay on ISS for 6 months?

Also I'm confused about this part:
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The shuttle had wings, like a plane. His new spacecraft was a thimble-shaped capsule, far more difficult to control. In this particular test, he’d be facing a worst-case scenario: Every computer of the autonomous spacecraft would be out, meaning he’d have to fly it manually, hitting the atmosphere at Mach 25, or 25 times the speed of sound, then, somehow, bring it down for a soft landing. Two of the four NASA astronauts who had attempted it had failed, losing control of the spacecraft so that it tumbled, and Ferguson was eager to get in some extra practice.

I thought the capsule should be passively stable? Or is that just Soyuz?

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Re: Boeing's CST-100 - Master Updates and Discussion Thread 3
« Reply #378 on: 07/25/2018 04:35 pm »
https://twitter.com/BoeingSpace/status/1021761282377113600
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An exciting day for the entire #Starliner and @BoeingSpace team! Let's get ready to fly! Learn more about #Boeing test pilot @Astro_Ferg via @washingtonpost and @wapodavenport.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2018/07/24/feature/nasa-trained-boeing-employed-chris-ferguson-hopes-to-make-history-as-a-company-astronaut/?utm_term=.90f444a53789

What happens if NASA uses CFT to do crew rotation? Does Ferguson get kicked off the mission, or does he get to stay on ISS for 6 months?

Also I'm confused about this part:
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The shuttle had wings, like a plane. His new spacecraft was a thimble-shaped capsule, far more difficult to control. In this particular test, he’d be facing a worst-case scenario: Every computer of the autonomous spacecraft would be out, meaning he’d have to fly it manually, hitting the atmosphere at Mach 25, or 25 times the speed of sound, then, somehow, bring it down for a soft landing. Two of the four NASA astronauts who had attempted it had failed, losing control of the spacecraft so that it tumbled, and Ferguson was eager to get in some extra practice.

I thought the capsule should be passively stable? Or is that just Soyuz?

Also, isn't Starliner (like Shuttle) completely fly-by-wire? It would be impossible to control at all without the flight computer working.

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Re: Boeing's CST-100 - Master Updates and Discussion Thread 3
« Reply #379 on: 07/25/2018 04:47 pm »
https://twitter.com/BoeingSpace/status/1021761282377113600
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An exciting day for the entire #Starliner and @BoeingSpace team! Let's get ready to fly! Learn more about #Boeing test pilot @Astro_Ferg via @washingtonpost and @wapodavenport.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2018/07/24/feature/nasa-trained-boeing-employed-chris-ferguson-hopes-to-make-history-as-a-company-astronaut/?utm_term=.90f444a53789

What happens if NASA uses CFT to do crew rotation? Does Ferguson get kicked off the mission, or does he get to stay on ISS for 6 months?

Also I'm confused about this part:
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The shuttle had wings, like a plane. His new spacecraft was a thimble-shaped capsule, far more difficult to control. In this particular test, he’d be facing a worst-case scenario: Every computer of the autonomous spacecraft would be out, meaning he’d have to fly it manually, hitting the atmosphere at Mach 25, or 25 times the speed of sound, then, somehow, bring it down for a soft landing. Two of the four NASA astronauts who had attempted it had failed, losing control of the spacecraft so that it tumbled, and Ferguson was eager to get in some extra practice.

I thought the capsule should be passively stable? Or is that just Soyuz?

 trying to fly the thing with the computers "out" is a waste of time...

there is no realistic possibility of this occurring
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