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General Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: jacqmans on 04/17/2015 10:01 pm
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Ok, new topic.
Go ahead you all, pick the crew for the first CST-100 flight, and we will see who's right in a few months ;)
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I bet that the Boeing crewmember will be Chris Ferguson and that the NASA crewmember will be Mike Fincke.
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Chris Ferguson and Eric Boe.
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John Young has to be aboard!
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You may want to provide a list of potential boeing and NASA astronauts...
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Chris Ferguson and Sunny Williams.
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Chris Ferguson seems like a pretty popular choice for the Boeing guy on here, I just don't see any real reason why. If he wanted to fly in space again he'd have stayed with NASA.
I think Mike Fincke's a decent candidate for the NASA astronaut (either CST-100 or the first Dragon flight) as he's one of the astronauts in the Exploration Branch of the Astronaut Office that supports Commercial Crew per his bio.
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John Young has to be aboard!
Susie would kill him if he tried...
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John Young has to be aboard!
Susie would kill him if he tried...
I seriously doubt he's well enough these days. And even if he were - he's nearly 85.
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Chris Ferguson (Boeing) and Doug Hurley (NASA), since both are already familiar with each other's working practices since they flew as CDR and PLT on STS-135. Also good for PR - last shuttle pilots flying together on new vehicle, etc.
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Chris Ferguson seems like a pretty popular choice for the Boeing guy on here, I just don't see any real reason why. If he wanted to fly in space again he'd have stayed with NASA.
He is a former NASA astronaut working, now the director of Crew and Mission Operations for Boeing's CST-100. I can think of few other Boeing employees nearly as qualified to fly as the corporate astronaut.
I would expect an experienced shuttle commander/two time pilot for the NASA choice. I'll go with George Zamka.
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Probably should be in the Commercial Crew section, but hey it was started by a mod ;D
Chris Ferguson and I also think Mike Fincke.
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I got to talk to Doug Hurley late last year and he said he is one of the astronauts being considered for the test flight on either CST-100 or Dragon
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What about Randy Bresnik and Serena Aunon?
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Chris Ferguson and Cady Coleman. I don't think that will be the crew, but I'd love that. Doug Hurley would be my actual guess.
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I think some of this just depends on what Astronauts are focused on CST-100 versus Dragon. Does anyone here have an idea of that?
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Buzz Aldrin and Lisa Nowak.
Well, maybe not. :-X
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Which former NASA Astronauts, besides Chris Ferguson, work now at Boeing?
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Looks like the NASA astronaut will be one of these 4:
•Robert Behnken
•Sunita Williams
•Eric Boe
•Douglas Hurley
http://blogs.nasa.gov/bolden/2015/07/09/nasa-selects-astronauts-for-first-u-s-commercial-space-flights/
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I think some of this just depends on what Astronauts are focused on CST-100 versus Dragon. Does anyone here have an idea of that?
generic for now. Only Ferguson works for Boeing. Some companies may decided to not have company astronauts onboard.
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I would hope John Glenn gets to go again. ;)
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How about Alexei Leonov ?
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I always thought that Glenn and Leonov would be a crew to consider....
Also on Monday 31 August 2015, David Livingston of The Space Show interviewed Kathy Lueders (NASA's Commercial Crew Program Manager).
A few technical tidbits from this interview:
- Orbital demonstration test from Boeing CST-100 will carry two people: one from Boeing and one from NASA.
- Demonstration mission from SpaceX Dragon 2 will carry two people: both from NASA
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So based on the selected NASA astronauts, my bet goes to Ferguson-Hurley for Starliner-01. They worked together on STS-135
And Boe-Behnken for DragonV2-01. Boe because he was the other pilot, and Behnken for no special reason (because he was the previous Chief Astronaut?)
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Mr. Ferguson said last year, that he will not take part in this test flight.
http://www.americaspace.com/?p=61328
“Where will Boeing look for a qualified test pilot?”
“Boeing will reach out to see who out there is qualified and wants to do this.”
“The smartest thing would be to pick an old NASA astronaut!”
“So how about you? Would you like to do it?” I quickly inquired.
“I don’t know. Sure I’d like to go to space again, who wouldn’t like to go to space,” Ferguson mused, as we chuckled.
“But it’s a business for young, steely eyed missile men,” he replied, taking himself out of the running. … Maybe …
“I think we could pry someone out of NASA and convince them to work for Boeing to fly a test flight. I wouldn’t be surprised if the phone starts ringing here in the next few months looking for someone.”
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I wouldn't be surprised to see a one man test flight. Mission control can act as the second man to fly the craft robotically if need be.
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I wouldn't be surprised to see a one man test flight. Mission control can act as the second man to fly the craft robotically if need be.
I'd be very surprised.
The workload for one crew member would be pretty high. It'd also send a bad message about confidence.
Even if Ferguson doesn't fly, his astro wings should be on board.
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This thread may be seven years old, but NASA has announced that Barry E. Wilmore and Sunita Williams will the crew of the first manned Boeing Starliner flight (Michael Fincke has been designated to train as the backup spacecraft commander for the CFT mission),