Starliner Sonar giving the crew fits

[rdale]

This morning's ISS chatter...

[Bob Shaw]

Someone’s knocking at the door!

[pathfinder_01]

What's this capsule have for it's 2nd act....will it start sounding like a dematerializing Tardis?

[deltaV]

Summary of the recording (MP3) attached to the original post: astronaut Butch on the ISS asked ground why Starliner's speakers are producing a pulsing noise similar to sonar pings.

[Comga]

This is not very surprising for a system without a history of full up HIL testing.
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.

Edit: But “giving the crew fits” is quite an exaggeration.  Wilmore remains professional and unperturbed, just curious.  He’s supposed to report system characteristics, and he did.

Maybe the flammable tape was shielding or separating  the wire bundles. 

But thanks Bob Shaw. 
Now I can’t get Paul McCartney out of my head
Someone’s knockin’ at the door
Someone’s ringin’ the bell!
……

[John_Marshall]

What's this capsule have for it's 2nd act....will it start sounding like a dematerializing Tardis?

As a Doctor Who fan, this would be hilarious if things with Starliner weren't so serious.

[whitelancer64]

This is not very surprising for a system without a history of full up HIL testing.

……

Starliner has done HIL testing, including full mission simulations.

[darkenfast]

What's this capsule have for it's 2nd act....will it start sounding like a dematerializing Tardis?

As a Doctor Who fan, this would be hilarious if things with Starliner weren't so serious.

Nothing a Sonic Screwdriver can't fix!

[John_Marshall]

What's this capsule have for it's 2nd act....will it start sounding like a dematerializing Tardis?

As a Doctor Who fan, this would be hilarious if things with Starliner weren't so serious.

Nothing a Sonic Screwdriver can't fix!

Definitely! I doubt there's any wood involved.

[litton4]

What's this capsule have for it's 2nd act....will it start sounding like a dematerializing Tardis?

As a Doctor Who fan, this would be hilarious if things with Starliner weren't so serious.

Nothing a Sonic Screwdriver can't fix!

Definitely! I doubt there's any wood involved.

2 comments:
1) are there any keys and piano strings up there? (clue: Look up the Tardis noise)

2) Next conversation:

Butch to Houston: The noise had changed a bit, now sounds a bit like a midget pounding on something with a hammer!
<pause>
Houston: We've discussed it with the folks here on the ground and we're sending you a procedure to take the hammer away from the little guy....


(Misquoted from here and lots of other sources)

[zack]

Ah, so it is also haunted.

https://twitter.com/SpaceBasedFox/status/1830180273130242223

[laszlo]

Oh boy! He's in for it now. Should have said "person of short stature" instead of the m-word.

[Star One]

https://x.com/SpaceBasedFox/status/1830180273130242223?

It sounds like an episode of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.

[Targeteer]

Ah, so it is also haunted.

https://twitter.com/SpaceBasedFox/status/1830180273130242223

I heard that live.  The mission director, no CAPCOM on Saturday, then asked Butch if he thought the issue was serious because Starliner controllers weren't planning to come in till Tuesday.  No further updates because the ISS Youtube feed has failed yet again.

[FutureSpaceTourist]

Eric Berger has picked up on this (and links to the op on this thread):

https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/09/starliners-speaker-began-emitting-strange-sonar-noises-on-saturday/

The Starliner spacecraft has started to emit strange noises
"I don't know what's making it."

by Eric Berger - Sep 1, 2024 2:13pm GMT

On Saturday NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore noticed some strange noises emanating from a speaker inside the Starliner spacecraft.

[seb21051]

Eric Berger has picked up on this (and links to the op on this thread):

https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/09/starliners-speaker-began-emitting-strange-sonar-noises-on-saturday/

The Starliner spacecraft has started to emit strange noises
"I don't know what's making it."

by Eric Berger - Sep 1, 2024 2:13pm GMT

On Saturday NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore noticed some strange noises emanating from a speaker inside the Starliner spacecraft.

Reminds me of Tiny the 50 lb Savanah cat smuggled on board the Vorpal Blade by Miss Miriam Moon in "Claws That Catch" by John Ringo.

[SoftwareDude]

It sounded like Darth Vader to me. How can it get any more embarrassing for Boeing?

[Spiceman]

It sounded like Darth Vader to me. How can it get any more embarrassing for Boeing?

LMAO

 

Starliner "I find your lack of faith IN ME, disturbing." (proceeds to telekinesically choke ISS crew to near death)

[Targeteer]

https://twitter.com/peterrhague/status/1830276297391513925

NASA ground controllers are figuring out what this noise from Starliner really is. (when they bother to come into work on Tuesday )

[FutureSpaceTourist]

https://twitter.com/cmdr_hadfield/status/1830380090569494973

There are several noises I'd prefer not to hear inside my spaceship, including this one that @Boeing Starliner is now making.