"The Coming: A Boeing Whistleblower’s Warning"

A couple of US astronauts are stuck in space due to Boeing Starliner 'issues'.

Boeing, we have a problem.

The return trip to Earth for two NASA astronauts who rode to orbit on the trouble-plagued company’s Starliner has been delayed for a third time as of Saturday — with Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams cooling their heels at the International Space Station (ISS) while engineers on the ground race against time to fix numerous issues with the spacecraft.

They have a reported 45-day window to bring them back, according to officials.

The return module of the Starliner spacecraft is docked to the ISS’s Harmony module, but Harmony has limited fuel leaving the window for a safe return flight increasingly narrow, officials said.

Wilmore and Williams were supposed to come home June 13 after a week on the ISS.
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Maybe they'll be rescued by the Chinese.

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Astronauts stranded in space due to multiple issues with Boeing's Starliner — and the window for a return flight is closing

NASA and Boeing engineers are troubleshooting various faults in the Starliner spacecraft. But with only 45 days of docking time available, the window for return is closing.
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After years of delays, Boeing's Starliner capsule successfully blasted off on its inaugural crewed flight from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 10:52 a.m. EDT on June 5. But during the 25-hour flight, engineers discovered five separate helium leaks to the spacecraft's thruster system.

Now, to give engineers time to troubleshoot the faults, NASA has announced it will push back the perilous return flight, extending the crew's stay on the space station to at least three weeks.

"We've learned that our helium system is not performing as designed," Mark Nappi, Boeing's Starliner program manager, said at a news conference on June 18. "Albeit manageable, it's still not working like we designed it. So we've got to go figure that out."

The return module of the Starliner spacecraft is currently docked to the ISS's Harmony module as NASA and Boeing engineers assess the vital hardware issues aboard the vessel, including five helium leaks to the system that pressurizes the spacecraft's propulsion system, and five thruster failures to its reaction-control system.

Related: China's secret space plane has released another unknown object over Earth
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iamthatis said:
A couple of US astronauts are stuck in space due to Boeing Starliner 'issues'.
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These astronauts left for the ISS on June 5 and they're still there. It was supposed to be an 8 day mission. There are a couple of snags. Some people want Space-X's Dragon capsule to bring them home, but, it seems that Boeing's Starliner is unable to disconnect from the space station due to the software that would enable it to disengage by itself was not downloaded into the computer so it can't disengage and there are no other ports available for the Dragon capsule to hook-up with.

Quite a few of us noted that it was not a smart thing for those two astronauts to get on the Starliner capsule and we were, unfortunately, correct it would seem.

Here's a video that goes into this in the first part of the video:

 
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Boeing rockets built by inexperienced workers – NASA

Poor workmanship at aerospace giant Boeing’s Louisiana factory could delay the next moon landing, NASA’s inspector general has found
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Boeing rockets built by inexperienced workers – NASA​

One case of shoddy welding set production back seven months, the agency’s inspector general found


NASA’s inspector general has issued a damning report on Boeing’s rocket division, stating that the aerospace giant’s next-generation spacecraft is years behind schedule, significantly over budget, and built by “inexperienced technicians” led by ineffective managers.

In development since 2014, the Block 1B variant of NASA’s Space Launch System was originally scheduled to lift off as part of the agency’s Artemis II lunar flyby mission next year. The rocket’s debut has since been pushed back to the 2028 Artemis IV moon landing mission, which NASA’s Office of Inspector General warned on Thursday could be delayed even further.

Boeing, which was contracted in 2014 to build the rocket’s powerful upper section, is partly to blame for this delay, the inspector general declared in a report.

NASA inspectors visiting Boeing’s Michoud Assembly Facility in Louisiana found glaring “deficiencies in quality,” the report stated. Inspectors issued 71 Corrective Action Requests to remedy these deficiencies, which they noted was “a high number…for a space flight system at this stage in development.”


These deficiencies “are largely due to the lack of a sufficient number of trained and experienced aerospace workers at Boeing,” the report continued, citing one example of how the company’s “inexperienced technicians” were unable to weld a fuel tank in accordance with NASA standards. This shoddy welding directly led to a seven-month delay in the development of the rocket’s upper stage.

“Boeing’s process to address deficiencies to date has been ineffective, and the company has generally been nonresponsive in taking corrective actions when the same quality control issues reoccur,” the report declared.

Boeing initially promised to deliver the upper stage by February 2021, and now insists that it will be ready by April 2027. Costs have soared in the meantime, with NASA estimating that the stage will set it back $2.8 billion by 2028, more than double Boeing’s 2017 estimate of $962 million.

The inspector general’s office recommended that Boeing be fined for its “noncompliance with quality control standards.” However, NASA’s deputy associate administrator, Catherine Koerner, announced on Thursday that the company would not be penalized


With its aviation division already reeling after a door panel blew off one of its 737 MAX 9 planes in mid-air in January, Boeing was thrust into the headlines again in June when its Starliner spacecraft malfunctioned, leaving two astronauts marooned on the International Space Station (ISS). The astronauts were originally meant to stay on the ISS for a week, but NASA announced on Wednesday that they could be stranded in space until 2025, when SpaceX’s Crew Dragon is scheduled to drop off a fresh crew of astronauts.
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Strange, such systems have been used for decades, even Voyager's RCS is working 47 years and 25 billion clicks later.
Voyagers 1 and 2 have been doing that since 1977, and have used up about three-fourths of their 100 kg of propellant as of December 2012. Thrusters are also referred to as mass-expulsion control systems, MEC, or reaction-control systems, RCS.
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Problems everywhere, even the moonsuit makers have pulled out after being awarded the contract 18 months earlier. Not that long ago they were testing it on the vomit comet
SpaceX's latest mission is delayed thanks to more leaks. Probably a good thing, the mission involved a spacewalk and looks like they only tested their EVA suits it in a high altitude chamber, not a hard vacuum. Can't find any footage of course.
Its a disaster, apparently astronaut Suni Williams reportedly has zero g related eye problems. Didn't seem to affect her in her previous missions, we all age I suppose.
All I can say is thank God that the Don Pettit, the 'fix it guy' is returning to the ISS after a 12 years, what trooper!
https://www.tiktok.com/video/7278276927884954912
He'll save the day!
 
Maybe he knows something. Maybe he's sick of the pressure, or the bad press. No hint in the article, though.

President of Boeing Defense, Space and Security Leaving Company

Also today:
Boeing grounds 777X test planes for defective part linking engine to airframe
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Boeing grounds 777X test planes for defective part linking engine to airframe

Boeing said Monday that it has grounded its fleet of 777X test jets for inspections following discovery on Friday of a failed component connected to the jet's engine.
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It was mentioned in a video I watched, which is included in this post, that Boeing did fairly good work until it bought McDonald Douglas. It was also said that those in the know say that what really happened is that McDonald Douglas actually bought Boeing with Boeing's own money. Anyway, instead of putting high quality engineers first as had been done previously, they started putting the shareholders earnings first. And that's when quality went down the tubes.

 
Nienna said:
Anyway, instead of putting high quality engineers first as had been done previously, they started putting the shareholders earnings first. And that's when quality went down the tubes.
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This is what Andrei Martyanov often comments about the western military "experts". In most cases, they are not experts at all in military affairs but have education in economics, law, business... But we see that that is not only the case with military but also with other industries. This video also talks about that transformation of Boeing.

 
Nienna said:
It's being said that Boeing is trying to sell it's space department and get out of the space program entirely because of loss of money. They'd be better off to start hiring more good engineers.
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Maybe the plan is to sell their space department to SpaceX?
 
Boeing has also recently dismantled their DEI department, following Robbie Starbuck’s investigations. The staff from the diversity department have been merged with the HR team- one can only hope they hire based on merit & they terminate their other DEI polices. Perhaps now they will put their focus back where it belongs- on actual engineering instead of social engineering.


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Arwenn said:
Boeing has also recently dismantled their DEI department, following Robbie Starbuck’s investigations. The staff from the diversity department have been merged with the HR team- one can only hope they hire based on merit & they terminate their other DEI polices. Perhaps now they will put their focus back where it belongs- on actual engineering instead of social engineering.
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Yes, that could help. But from what I've seen in various videos about the company, it's because when Boeing bought out McDonald Douglas (see this post), their objective switched from high quality engineers to the most earnings for the shareholders. You know, profit over quality.
 
This might be of interest...

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Boeing’s turbulent year ends in tragedy as South Korea’s deadliest plane crash sparks global scrutiny and shares drop – NaturalNews.com

Jeju Air Flight 2216 crash in South Korea killed 179, marking the deadliest plane crash in the country’s history. South Korea ordered emergency inspections of all Boeing 737-800 aircraft following the incident. Boeing’s shares dropped 4% premarket, continuing a 30% decline in 2024 amid ongoing...
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  • Jeju Air Flight 2216 crash in South Korea killed 179 (leaving only two survivors), marking the deadliest plane crash in the country’s history.
  • South Korea ordered emergency inspections of all Boeing 737-800 aircraft following the incident.
  • Boeing’s shares dropped 4% premarket, continuing a 30% decline in 2024 amid ongoing safety and financial crises.
  • The crash adds to Boeing’s troubled year, including a 737 Max 9 door blowout and unresolved labor and regulatory issues.
  • Critics question if Boeing’s focus on diversity and inclusion has compromised safety and oversight standards.
The incident has prompted South Korea’s acting president, Choi Sang-mok, to order an emergency inspection of all Boeing 737-800 aircraft operating in the country.

The crash occurred at Muan International Airport on December 29, when the 15-year-old aircraft skidded off the runway and collided with a concrete barrier, triggering a catastrophic explosion. Initial reports suggest a possible bird strike or landing gear failure as the cause, but the exact circumstances remain under investigation.

Adding to the concerns, another Jeju Air 737-800 experienced a landing gear malfunction just hours later, forcing it to return to Seoul’s Gimpo International Airport. These back-to-back incidents have raised serious questions about the safety and reliability of Boeing’s aircraft.

This latest disaster caps off a year of relentless challenges for Boeing. The company has been grappling with a series of high-profile safety issues, financial struggles, and labor disputes. In January, a door panel blew off an Alaska Airlines 737 Max 9 mid-flight, reigniting fears about the safety of Boeing’s flagship aircraft. This incident followed the two fatal crashes of 737 Max jets in 2018 and 2019, which killed 346 people and led to a global grounding of the model.

Boeing’s troubles have only deepened since then. A seven-week machinists’ strike in the fall disrupted production, and the company has faced ongoing scrutiny from regulators over its safety culture. In July, Boeing agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud for misleading Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulators during the certification process for the 737 Max. However, a federal judge rejected the plea deal, citing concerns about diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies influencing the selection of compliance officials.

The company’s stock price has plummeted by more than 30% this year, reflecting deep investor unease. The South Korean crash has only exacerbated these concerns, with Boeing shares dropping 4% in premarket trading on Monday.

Critics argue that Boeing’s recent struggles are symptomatic of a broader cultural shift within the company, one that prioritizes diversity and inclusion over merit and expertise. Some industry observers have suggested that Boeing’s focus on these policies may have diverted attention from its core mission: building safe, reliable aircraft.

The judge’s rejection of Boeing’s plea deal highlighted these concerns, raising questions about whether DEI considerations could compromise the integrity of oversight mechanisms. This debate underscores a growing tension between corporate social responsibility and the need for rigorous safety standards in industries where lives are at stake.
 
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