From: alain245@videotron.ca   
      
   On 2024-06-06 9:43 a.m., Torbjorn Lindgren wrote:   
   > Alain Fournier   wrote:   
   >> The US now has two independent launch systems to ferry astronauts   
   >> between Earth and LEO.   
   >   
   > Given that the hydrogen leak is back and getting worse I think we need   
   > to wait quite a bit more before we know if it'll be "operational" at   
   > the end but I consider that relatively unlikely at this point.   
   >   
   > Now, it also seems unlikely to get bad enough to require emergency   
   > measure like stranding the austronauts up there until another   
   > (Dragon?) capsule can be sent up but I do expect Starline system will   
   > be grounded for a while after the landing.   
   >   
   > I expect that Boeing will be required to figure out what went wrong   
   > and propose out a set of remedial actions, get NASA (and possibly FAA)   
   > approval for them and then apply them - similar to how SpaceX has   
   > worked on Starship & SuperHeavy.   
   >   
   > At which point Starliner either finally become operational OR Boeing   
   > need to do yet another test flight if the changes are big enough - I   
   > doubt this will happen but it's *possible*.   
   >   
   >   
   >> If one of the two must be grounded, the other one can step up to   
   >> replace it.   
   >   
   > That sounds more like 2025 and 2024...   
      
   It is kind of happening now. Starliner is not yet declared operational.   
   Dragon is there to take up the Starliner rides.   
      
      
   Alain Fournier   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)