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So, what happens if it does blow up, or otherwise has a catastrophic failure on re-entry? Will we be able to say for certain if it was due to Starliner’s faults
by laweijfmvo 2y ago
So, what happens if it does blow up, or otherwise has a catastrophic failure on re-entry? Will we be able to say for certain if it was due to Starliner’s faults, or just the fact that there wasn’t a human pilot?
All Boeing hate aside this is a learning experience for everyone involved.
- caconym_ 2y agoIt will certainly be (rightly) blamed on the vehicle. It's designed to operate completely autonomously---they flew two full test flights that way before ever putting crew on it.
- sneak 2y agoI’m pretty sure it will be blamed not on the vehicle, but on the company that manufactured it.
- caconym_ 2y agoWhat do you imagine is the material difference between what I said and what you said? But if you want to split hairs like this, get it right: companies. Boeing is the primary contractor, but others likely share some responsibility---for instance AJR, who supplied the problematic thrusters.
- flohofwoe 2y agoI would be very surprised if any human actions are required for delivering people into and returning them from space, or even any controls being present in the capsule to allow the human payload making any changes to flight parameters ;)
- teractiveodular 2y agoYes? There's ridiculous amounts of telemetry in these things.