Boeing Starliner updates: Spacecraft flies into wrong orbit, jeopardizing test

Re:Boeing Starliner updates: Spacecraft flies into wrong orb... by sq_ on Friday December 20, 2019 @09:15AM (#21844236)

According to space Twitter, yes, that is correct. Atlas and Centaur both performed nominally.

Edit: looks like Tory Bruno (ULA CEO) has confirmed that Atlas and Centaur performed well [0]

[0] https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1208035453850587136

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Re:Boeing Starliner updates: Spacecraft flies into wrong orb... by Symmetry on Friday December 20, 2019 @10:18AM (#21844757)

ULA remains expensive, slow moving, but very reliable. It seems like they have a healthier engineering culture than Boeing.

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Re:Boeing Starliner updates: Spacecraft flies into wrong orb... by AWildC182 on Friday December 20, 2019 @12:27PM (#21845766)

I know people over there. They are struggling but there's still a solid contingent that gives a shit. To spite some missteps they seem to be doing ok at getting young blood in and maintaining a productive culture.

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Re:Boeing Starliner updates: Spacecraft flies into wrong orb... by phonon on Friday December 20, 2019 @10:26AM (#21844807)

ULA is a JV between Lockheed and Boeing though?

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Re:Boeing Starliner updates: Spacecraft flies into wrong orb... by fgonzag on Friday December 20, 2019 @11:58AM (#21845521)

Maybe they have have actual Lockeed Engineers managing the JV, instead of Boeing's Financeers.

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Re:Boeing Starliner updates: Spacecraft flies into wrong orb... by AWildC182 on Friday December 20, 2019 @12:28PM (#21845774)

They have their own separate team, the companies just have stakes in it.

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Re:Boeing Starliner updates: Spacecraft flies into wrong orb... by JshWright on Friday December 20, 2019 @11:59AM (#21845528)

Yes, but it's pretty solidly firewalled off from both.

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