Boeing Starliner launch postponed a second time
Posted By: Skinnydip, 6/2/2024 8:47:56 AM
NASA scrapped its Boeing Starliner launch Saturday, some three minutes before it was meant to begin. Saturday was the second attempt at the launch after the May 6 event was postponed just two hours before it was scheduled. The goal is to get the Starliner onto the International Space Station for a one-week stay. Then, it will return to Earth and certify its end-to-end capabilities. This time, NASA found one of its four computers operating the launch was lagging behind the others. As all four computers are meant to perform the same function — a delay in one signals a problem.
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NASA scrapped its Boeing Starliner launch Saturday, some three minutes before it was meant to begin.
Saturday was the second attempt at the launch after the May 6 event was postponed just two hours before it was scheduled. The goal is to get the Starliner onto the International Space Station for a one-week stay. Then, it will return to Earth and certify its end-to-end capabilities.
This time, NASA found one of its four computers operating the launch was lagging behind the others. As all four computers are meant to perform the same function — a delay in one signals a problem.
REPORT: Tulsi Gabbard OUT of Veepstakes.
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According to reports, former Democrat Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, who turned independent, is out of the running for Donald Trump’s vice president. Gabbard held a release party for her book, For Love of Country: Leave the Democrat Party Behind, hosted by Ben Domenech and Meghan McCain, on Thursday. According to Spectator gossip columnist Cockburn, Gabbard was told on Wednesday that she would not be Trump’s VP pick. “Word on the street was that one day prior, Tulsi was informed by President Donald Trump that she would not be chosen as his vice president,” reports Cockburn.
Chattanooga Volkswagen Workers Embrace
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Sights on the South 17 replies
Union in Historic Vote as UAW Sets Its
Sights on the South 17 replies
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Joe Biden’s looming presence over Hunter’s
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The bar, Old State Saloon in Eagle, Idaho, announced the celebration on Facebook, inviting people to enjoy a month of festivities and drink specials. “Come join us all month to celebrate heterosexuals, for without them, none of us would be here!” the bar wrote.
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The bar even put out a call seeking a “professional” judge qualified “to determine if men’s chosen clothing
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Glad I'm not on a Boeing-designed spaceship.