Re:SpaceX launches rescue mission for 2 NASA astronauts who ...
by JumpCrisscross on Sunday September 29, 2024 @05:42PM
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> they apparently have Starliner and it works
One, had. Starliner went home. Two, they didn’t. Starliner was broken. Its manoeuvring thrusters, a critical reëntry system, were misbehaving. If you’re on a plane and the oxygen system fails, that’s an emergency. You don’t have to wait for cabin pressure to fail for it to qualify, and oxygen systems aren’t even a critical system; this is closer to the flaps or landing gear behaving erratically.
Re:SpaceX launches rescue mission for 2 NASA astronauts who ...
by throwaway290 on Monday September 30, 2024 @01:18AM
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But the oxygen system is fine, right? Let me check the article again
If it fails then that's an emergency, but that regardless of the presence of the boat.
Noted the absence of Starliner, but not 100% convinced personally
If we go by technical definition of "emergency" then anything not by the plan is an emergency, but it's not used that way normally and it's not a technical publication.
If you are stuck in space with no lifeboat back then I agree it is an emergency, but they apparently have Starliner and it works. If they or Nasa are more comfortable with another option maybe that makes it an emergency or maybe not.
If it turns out Starliner doesn't work, that's an emergency. If there is radiation event coming then it's an emergency, but it is always an emergency in space regardless.