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Boeing's Starliner prepares for inaugural crewed mission

Boeing's Starliner prepares for inaugural crewed mission

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The articles report that Boeing's Starliner capsule is poised to launch astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) for NASA, marking its first crewed flight. This mission is critical for Boeing as it prepares to take up regular service for NASA. The company has been working on developing the Starliner spacecraft since 2010 and has conducted two unoccupied test flights so far. In contrast, SpaceX, led by Elon Musk, has successfully completed nine taxi trips for NASA since 2020.

Mark Nappi
Boeing Co
1. It's pretty typical that a human spaceflight vehicle from design to flying humans is about a 10-year period.
2. We have humans flying on this vehicle. We always take that so seriously.
3. This is an important capability for NASA. We signed up to go do this, and we're gonna go do it and be successful at it.
4. There are a number of things that were surprises along the way that we had to overcome.
5. There's a number of things that were surprises along the way that we had to overcome. … It certainly made the team very, very strong. I'm very proud of how they've overcome every single issue that we've encountered and gotten us to this point.
6. I don't think of it in terms of what's important for Boeing as much as I think of it as in terms of what's important for this program.
7. Design and development is hard — particularly with a human space vehicle.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
1. We wouldn't be sitting here if we didn't feel — and tell our families that we feel — confident in this spacecraft and our capabilities to control it.
Jim Free
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
1. We certainly have some unknowns in this mission, things we expect to learn, being a test mission. We may encounter things we don't expect.
Butch Wilmore
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
1. But if something were to occur — because we're all humans, we can't build things perfectly — if something were to occur, we have several downgrade modes.
Steve Stich
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
1. Perhaps we didn't have as many people embedded in that process as we should have.
2. When one provider (SpaceX) has a newer approach than another, it's often natural for a human being to spend more time on that newer approach, and maybe we didn't quite take the time we needed with (Boeing's) more traditional approach.
Bill Nelson
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
1. It started with Mercury, then with Gemini, then with Apollo, the space shuttle, then (SpaceX's) Dragon — and now Starliner.
2. We're now in the golden era of space exploration.
3. Because it is a test flight, we give extra attention.
4. That's why we put two test pilots on board.
5. This is a test flight. That brings to bear all the things that the title implies.
Sunita Williams
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
1. We've had a couple (of) launch dates, and we've been like, 'OK, we're ready to go,'
2. Sure, Boeing has had its problems. But we are the QA (quality assurance). Our eyes are on the spacecraft.
3. We're not putting our heads in the sand.
4. It's been a bit crazy because things took a little longer than expected, but we all feel pretty confident and comfortable where we are.
5. But now it's like, heck — five days. It is actually, finally real, and I sort of have to pinch myself a little bit to understand, actually, we're going.

Boeing's Starliner prepares for inaugural crewed mission

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