📆 1983 Mission summary STS-9, Commander John Young* : "Had we then activated the Backup Flight Software, loss of vehicle and crew 💥 would have resulted" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-9#Mission_summary

* the only astronaut to walk on the Moon and fly on the #SpaceShuttle

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The #Buran also had emergency ejection seats 💺 for all crew members (absent on the #US shuttles) and was free from the specific design flaws that contributed to the destruction 💥 of two shuttles in flight, the #Challenger in 1986 and the #Columbia in 2003 https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/baikonur-buran-soviet-space-shuttle/

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#NASA indefinitely delays ⏳ return of Starliner. During a pair of news conferences since #Starliner docked to the station officials have downplayed 🙈🙉🙊 the overall seriousness 😱 of the issues. But they have yet to fully explain why they are not yet comfortable with releasing Starliner to fly back to Earth under normal circumstances. https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/06/nasa-indefinitely-delays-return-of-starliner-to-review-propulsion-data/

#Boeing #HumanSpaceflightSecurity

#Politico 📆 11/02/2022 : Don’t count on being #rescued — by #NASA or the #SpaceForce, or even the company that built your private #spaceship.
#Seafaring ⛵ explorers traditionally sailed with #additional #ships, #Apollo missions included #redundant capsules that proved crucial in #saving the #Apollo13 astronauts. #Skylab had #rescue #rockets and #spacecraft on #standby for in-#orbit #emergencies https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/02/space-rescue-service-astronauts-00064633

#Boeing #Starliner #HumanSpaceflightSecurity

Let's hope they also check the door bolts 🤔
"...slipped from February to April 2023 as the company works with #NASA to fix lingering technical issues from the #spacecraft's last uncrewed test flight" https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/boeings-first-crewed-starliner-spaceflight-slips-april-2023-2022-11-03/

#Boeing #Starliner #HumanSpaceflightSecurity

Since all launch vehicles are specialized - and literally #RocketScience - the #FAA believes operators are best suited to sniff out root causes and identify corrective actions. The agency estimates that in-house investigations could take the agency 10-20 times longer 🥱.
As for #HumanSpaceflight / tourism, the industry has been operating under an eight-year “learning period,” where the FAA is restricted from enacting regulations. The learning period is set to expire on 📆 Jan. 1 https://payloadspace.com/the-gao-calls-for-the-faa-to-improve-its-mishap-investigation-process/

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