Re:Boeing has now lost $1.1B on Starliner, with no crew flig...
by adolph on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @02:30PM
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> The Atlas V has absolutely nothing to do with the launch delay.
Boeing announced in May 2016 that their first crewed flight would be delayed to 2018 due to issues related to Starliner's Atlas V N22 launch vehicle. [0]
Starliner's problem isn't delays--it is a failed program. The only thing delayed is terminating the program and selling those high value but soon to depreciate Atlas V boosts to something worth doing. (7 of 29 remaining Atlas V (as of 2022) are allocated to Starliner. To get past 7 requires a whole new integration/test/certification for Starliner.)
Each contract required four successful demonstrations to achieve human rating for the system: pad abort, uncrewed orbital test, launch abort, and crewed orbital test. [0]
Test Boeing [1] SpaceX [2]
pad abort 2019-11-04 2015-05-06
uncrewed orbital test 2022-05-19 2019-03-08
launch abort N/A 2020-01-19
crewed orbital N/A 2020-08-02
Boeing announced in May 2016 that their first crewed flight would be delayed to 2018 due to issues related to Starliner's Atlas V N22 launch vehicle. [0]
Starliner's problem isn't delays--it is a failed program. The only thing delayed is terminating the program and selling those high value but soon to depreciate Atlas V boosts to something worth doing. (7 of 29 remaining Atlas V (as of 2022) are allocated to Starliner. To get past 7 requires a whole new integration/test/certification for Starliner.)
Each contract required four successful demonstrations to achieve human rating for the system: pad abort, uncrewed orbital test, launch abort, and crewed orbital test. [0]
0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_Crew_Program1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_Starliner
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_Dragon_2