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I'm curious why they didn't do an unmanned live test, like SpaceX did with Crew Dragon? I'm reminded of the old adage, "never fly in a plane with a tail number
by stickfigure 2y ago
I'm curious why they didn't do an unmanned live test, like SpaceX did with Crew Dragon? I'm reminded of the old adage, "never fly in a plane with a tail number less than 10". Is it just the expense? I presume we're past the point where we need humans to drive the thing.
The long delays on the ground indicated a high level of unexpected behavior. Not what you want in rocket systems.
- Daneel_ 2y agoThey did: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_Orbital_Flight_Test_2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_Orbital_Flight_Test_2 I guess they got lucky, considering test 1 and this one (the manned test) were/are both unsuccessful.
- sweettea 2y agoThey did - and the first one failed so they did a second: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_Orbital_Flight_Test_2 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_Orbital_Flight_Test_2
- michael_j_x 2y agoThey did 2, second 1 being a repeat of the first one at Boeing's expense, cause the first one failed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_Orbital_Flight_Test_2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_Orbital_Flight_Test_2