johnbpatson

Quick tip to Boeing – start by looking at the coding done by $10 an hour “IT experts” used by your Asian outsourcer.
You will probably find they copy and pasted something the found for washing machine valves.

system

The valve problem is not a software issue but reportedly is definitely environmentally related, the result of corrosion from moisture combined with slight seal seepage of the dinitrogen tetroxide oxidizer the valves control. And unfortunately, the moisture was not simply the result of abnormal rain intrusion as first suspected, so is not a quick-fix, think valve redesign or different valve coupled with wholesale replacement. Seems as if without bad luck Boeing would have none at all.

system

Good Lord, Boeing! Do you not have anyone that understands space vehicle construction? Nitrogen tetroxide has been used in space vehicles since the 1960s and you still can’t figure out the metallurgy and seal technology to handle it? By the time Boeing gets the Starliner working properly, Elon Musk will have made it totally obsolete by putting his Starship in orbit.

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system

That was the joke a few months ago. Now, it’s just a matter of time until it comes true. SpaceX would redesign and install a valve in days. Heck, they installed more than two dozen rocket engines overnight.

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system

You think Boeing is wondering if they shouldn’t have blown up a few in testing?

system

Boeings biggest concern is, Are our executives getting that third quarter bonus increase for the awesome job performance?