5 thoughts on “The Latest Starliner Issue”

  1. This is hardly late-breaking news, just somebody making a buck writing an old-news article. We know SpaceX has suits sized for Butch and Suni. They could have been sent up on Cygnus 21, but weren’t (why?). We also know the Russians have seat liners and Sokol suits Butch and Suni have actually used, and could have been sent up on the latest Progress. We also know that Sokol suits can be adapted for use in Dragon (remember Frank Rubio?).

    As for the other article, who would be paying for all that? How much will a lifeboat module cost? And how long will it last with the whole ISS crew aboard? Or perhaps keep rescue ships on alert on the ground? Well then, why not leave them at ISS like we do now? The plan for post-Columbia Shuttle was to take refuge at ISS and pay the Russians bring the crew down two at a time.

    We’ll be able to leave station crew, as well as lunar and Martians crews, on-site once Starship is flying regularly. Someone should talk to the FAA about that.

    I guess Eric has a hard-on about Russia similar to the one Zimmerman has about China. While understandable, it does neither of them credit.

    1. Our host here and many of the posters are charter members of the Hard-On club. Every country has plenty of fake news.

  2. The funny thing about “Russia to the Rescue” (other than showing Russians are as goofy as anyone) is, Russia actually could rescue Butch and Suni (Sokol suits, seat liners, and Soyuz MS-26 ready for launch). The dumb part is the media pretending they’re “stranded.” The hard-on issue with the “space media” is becoming problematic.

    1. Well, they’re stranded if you want to depend solely on Boeing stuff to bring them back.
      NASA staff want Boeing jobs after they rotate out, so they’re going to push for that.

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