Says the executive in charge of the program, “Probably the biggest challenge I have is defining how do I make this into a positive business case, given the market conditions as we see them right now.”
The Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft rolled out of the Vertical Integration Facility to the Space Launch Complex-41 in preparation for its second attempt to fly without astronauts on board. The flight was delayed because of problems with the spacecraft's valves, one of a series of problems Boeing has struggled with. in 2014 to develop a spacecraft for NASA to fly astronauts to the International Space Station.
“For a government contract like that you just never see that kind of investment,” he said. “And trying to take the very top level view of it, it’s important, I think, to the country to have an American capability to fly crew. SpaceX is doing that now. We’ll be the second one.” Now, the flight isn’t scheduled until sometime next year — at the earliest. For Boeing, getting Starliner off the ground is now about more than flying — it is about whether the company can be relied upon to deliver on programs that are vital to the national interest.In an effort to consolidate some of its major aerospace programs, Boeing in 2015 created a new division to oversee their development from concept to reality.
In December 2019, Starliner was successfully launched to orbit during a test flight without any astronauts on board. But as soon as it was on its own, Starliner started behaving erratically, forcing ground controllers to scramble. The problem: The spacecraft’s onboard computers were, so the spacecraft was executing commands for a far different part of the mission.
Then, in June, the company announced it had discovered more problems, this time with the parachutes and the flammable tape. It would have to stand down again.When Shannon was given oversight of Boeing’s space programs, including Starliner, he did a top-down review of the program.
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