Boeing Starliner (CST-100) Master Update Thread - April 2019 onwards

• #140 by Chris Bergin on 07 Feb, 2020 20:24
• Twitter has died, so no tweets to add here at the moment.
  
  More questions about OFT2 or not.
  
  "Still too early" to comment.
• #141 by FutureSpaceTourist on 07 Feb, 2020 20:29
• Decision for safety culture investigation of Boeing was taken before independent review team reported. Driven by a number of things, including concerns about process errors.
  
  Edit to add: I didn’t fully catch this other point at the time & didn’t want to get it wrong
  
  https://twitter.com/sciguyspace/status/1225903474937933825
  
  

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  Going over my Starliner telecon notes I found this rather notable from @DouglasLoverro. He was speaking about the rationale for a widespread review of Boeing's safety culture. Not just driven by Starliner, he said, but also "press reports we’ve seen from other parts of Boeing."
• #142 by FutureSpaceTourist on 07 Feb, 2020 20:30
• Earlier NASA said that clearly their oversight of Boeing had been insufficient and that they intended to address that going forward.
• #143 by FutureSpaceTourist on 07 Feb, 2020 20:33
• Call has ended. In his brief closing remarks Jim Bridenstine emphasised the dissimilar redundancy of the CC program through having both SpaceX and Boeing. He said that redundancy would continue.
  
  Edit to add: meant to include this too ...
  
  https://twitter.com/sciguyspace/status/1225900988273496065
  
  

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  Jim Bridenstine closes news conference on Starliner with this message for his people: "Never, ever, ever be afraid of the truth."
  
  A good message for all of us in the industry.
• #144 by FutureSpaceTourist on 07 Feb, 2020 21:02
• This was one of the most staggering parts of the call (while twitter was down):
  
  https://twitter.com/chrisg_nsf/status/1225901456815001600
  
  

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  One of the more interesting moments in the telecon regarding #Starliner was when a @BoeingSpace representative asserted they didn’t have to tell media or taxpayers about 2nd software issue because “we fixed it. You wouldn’t want us to talk about something that didn’t happen.“

  
  Edit to add: actually I think it was Doug Loverro from NASA that said it?
• #145 by abaddon on 07 Feb, 2020 21:04
• Don't think it was mentioned in Updates thread so far, but IIRC at the beginning of the call it was stated that the anomaly investigation is scheduled to conclude around the end of the month.
• #146 by Chris Bergin on 07 Feb, 2020 22:08
• ARTICLE: Boeing & NASA admit multiple anomalies on Starliner mission -
  
  - By Chris Gebhardt (@ChrisG_NSF)
  
  https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2020/02/boeing-nasa-admit-multiple-anomalies-starliner-mission/
  
  Presser:
  
  
• #147 by mlindner on 08 Feb, 2020 01:10
• Quote from: Chris Bergin on 07 Feb, 2020 22:08

  ARTICLE: Boeing & NASA admit multiple anomalies on Starliner mission -
  
  - By Chris Gebhardt (@ChrisG_NSF)
  
  https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2020/02/boeing-nasa-admit-multiple-anomalies-starliner-mission/
  
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  Looks like this was recorded on Chrome, the cutouts make it nearly unlistenable. Firefox didn't cut out for people.
• #148 by Targeteer on 08 Feb, 2020 05:47
• Boeing congratulating themselves for finding and correcting their own error was laughable and simultaneously disturbing.  Thanks for the recording...
• #149 by theonlyspace on 08 Feb, 2020 13:44
•  Can we get a written transcript of this please?
  
• #150 by ugordan on 08 Feb, 2020 13:52
• Quote from: theonlyspace on 08 Feb, 2020 13:44

  Can we get a written transcript of this please?
  

  
  There is an automatically generated transcript version (so obviously some errors) posted here: https://otter.ai/s/nbBADbbmTYaPX5gVyf3uXw?t=254s
  
  Recorded by Michael Sheetz.
• #151 by FutureSpaceTourist on 21 Feb, 2020 13:12
• Is this old news?
  
  twitter.com/katlinegrey/status/1230854955369717761
  
  

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  A private company in Voronezh, Russia, produces some units for #Starliner spacecraft, said Dmitry Rogozin today. According to him, those units are ordered by Boeing and intended for use in the landing system of Starliner. tass.ru/kosmos/7813231

  
  https://twitter.com/sciguyspace/status/1230856885542281216
  
  

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  "I myself was surprised when I found out,” the head of Roscosmos noted.
• #152 by Mammutti on 21 Feb, 2020 21:04
• https://twitter.com/BoeingSpace/status/1230967922731966464
  
  

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  You're right, Joey. And we comply with those contract requirements.
  
  #Starliner uses a Power Converter Unit provided by Zao Orbita in Voronezh, Russia. It allows us to transfer power from @Space_Station to Starliner while docked.

  
  

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  It's a flight-proven component used for 20 years on @Space_Station. It was reduced in mass and size to fit the needs of #Starliner and chosen for its mission assurance and customer reliability.
• #153 by Olaf on 24 Feb, 2020 15:33
• https://twitter.com/AstroIronMike/status/1231944998192631809
• #154 by FutureSpaceTourist on 24 Feb, 2020 16:43
• https://twitter.com/astroironmike/status/1231954579593584641
  
  

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  Made it to the launch pad on time!   Go #AtlasV !   Turning around to practice again. Practice makes perfect. @BoeingSpace @AstroDuke @Astro_Ferg @Commercial_Crew
  
• #155 by somepitch on 26 Feb, 2020 17:12
• Boeing didn’t perform full end-to-end test of its astronaut capsule before troubled mission, ‘surprising’ NASA safety panel
  
  https://www.orlandosentinel.com/space/os-bz-boeing-safety-commercial-crew-20200226-bgvthodnjzgmlc36hsxcaopahu-story.html
• #156 by gongora on 26 Feb, 2020 17:42
• This is the update thread, will be moving some posts.  Please discuss in the discussion thread.
• #157 by zubenelgenubi on 26 Feb, 2020 18:02
• Quote from: somepitch on 26 Feb, 2020 17:12

  Boeing didn’t perform full end-to-end test of its astronaut capsule before troubled mission, ‘surprising’ NASA safety panel
  

  
  Orlando Sentinel, February 26:
  

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  Critically, the panel learned early this month that Boeing did not perform a full, end-to-end integrated test of Starliner in a Systems Integration Lab with ULA’s Atlas V rocket. The test typically shows how all the software systems during each component of the mission would have responded with each other through every maneuver — and it could potentially have caught the issues Boeing later experienced in the mission.
  
• #158 by FutureSpaceTourist on 26 Feb, 2020 20:58
• Questions should be interesting ...
  
  https://twitter.com/thesheetztweetz/status/1232783929616338947
  
  

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  Boeing will hold a Starliner media roundtable on Friday, Feb. 28 at 11:00 EST (16:00 UTC) with program leaders.
  
  This roundtable discussion is in addition to a joint NASA-Boeing media update that’s expected to be held in early March.
• #159 by Mammutti on 27 Feb, 2020 14:19
• https://twitter.com/AstroIronMike/status/1233043953756311554
  
  

  Quote from: Col. Mike Fincke

  Yesterday- launch training in the Boeing Mission Simulator- feeling comfortable in our suits. Go #Starliner! @BoeingSpace @Commercial_Crew #NASA