What happened to the Boeing vehicle that was coming back to earth? I know the astronauts were left behind, but want the vehicle coming back on autopilot?
Starliner made it back a few days ago and landed safely without the astronauts.
They overcame the thruster issue by changing thrust length and frequency.
They did quick thruster bursts instead of the original longer burns to decrease thruster temperatures and allowing them to work.
I very much doubt they will continue with Starliner. Boeing has lost over 1.5billion on it and they will try to get out of the contract.
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Polaris Dawn crew have reached a height of 1,400kms from the earth. Highest since Apollo missions.
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I can see a curve.
#CGI #fake #itsflat
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That we sent up ourselves!
#probe
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I should have added that are still alive. Many famous peoples remains have been sent into LEO or deep space.
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Polaris dawn EVA coming up in 28 minutes. Probably best to watch on X with SpaceX.
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Here is YT coverage
First Commercial Spacewalk - Polaris Dawn Performs EVA with SpaceX Dragon
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The amount he would have paid would have been ridiculous
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He was a also paying for the first crewed starship flight and will be on that as well.
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To Mars?
No around earth. Then part of Artemis mission 3 landing on the moon, but that will be with NASA astronauts.
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Pretty good last 16 hours for SpaceX.
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Polaris dawn reaches 1,400kms with a crew for the first time since Apollo program.
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Falcon 9 launches Bluebird-1 5 satellite constellation.
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First commercial crew EVA
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Falcon 9 launches 22 starlink satellites
All within 16 hours Amazing.
Re Bluebird-1
SpaceX launched for a competitor 5 satellites for direct satellite to mobile communications. They will do another 4 launches deploying another 20 satellites as a part of contract.
Each BlueBird satellite sports a communications antenna that covers 693 square feet (64 square meters) when unfolded — the largest such array ever deployed by a commercial spacecraft.
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United has signed a contract with SpaceX for starlink internet on all flights. Roughly $100M USD per year.
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