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incompetent retard harris leaves American heroes in space

Anonymous Sat 24 Aug 2024 20:35:31 No.1334033 View View Reply Original Report

Clearly she cares more about power than about American lives
https://time.com/7014400/nasa-decision-stranded-astronauts-february-home-date/

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Anonymous Sat 24 Aug 2024 20:36:06 No.1334034 Report

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NASA Has More Disappointing News for Its Stranded Astronauts
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NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams wave as they prepare to depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at the Kennedy Space Center on June 5, 2024.AFP—Getty Images
By Jeffrey Kluger
August 24, 2024 2:30 PM EDT
The two NASA astronauts stuck aboard the International Space Station (ISS), Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, won’t be coming home anytime soon. During a press conference at the Kennedy Space Center on Saturday, Aug. 24, NASA administrator Bill Nelson announced that the space agency was giving up on the idea of bringing Wilmore and Williams home aboard their balky Boeing Starliner spacecraft—which has been experiencing thruster problems since its launch on June 5. Instead, the Starliner will be flown home uncrewed, and Wilmore and Williams will hitch a ride back to Earth aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft, which will launch to the ISS in September for a five-month station stay, returning in February. This extends what was supposed to be an eight-day ISS rotation for Wilmore and Williams to a whopping eight months.

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Anonymous Sat 24 Aug 2024 20:37:08 No.1334036 Report

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“NASA has worked very hard with Boeing to reach this decision,” Nelson said. “The decision is a result of a commitment to safety.”

The ruling rested on what NASA calls a flight readiness review (FRR). As agency brass explained at an Aug. 14 news conference, FRR’s are typically held before launch, when officials gather for a final go or no-go on the planned mission.

“We bring in representatives from all of the related centers, the technical authorities, the NASA engineering, and safety center flight operations,” explained Ken Bowersox, a former astronaut and an associate administrator for NASA’s space operations mission directorate. “We listen to the status of the mission, go through some special topics, and then we poll everybody at the end on whether or not they think we're ready to undertake the mission.”

On one occasion, that panel’s decision led to disaster. The FRR for the final mission of the space shuttle Challenger was held on Jan. 15, 1986, and the ship was cleared to launch. Thirteen days later, on Jan. 28, that liftoff took place, ending in a fuel tank explosion and the death of all seven crew members just 73 seconds after the ship left the pad. That tragedy, followed by the breakup of the shuttle Columbia and a similar loss of all hands on Feb. 1, 2003, left NASA much more risk-averse than it had been before.

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“We did not have the governance structure that we have today with technical authorities,” said Russ DeLoach, chief of NASA safety and mission assurance, during the earlier press conference. “So at that time, the program managers pretty much had near-unilateral decision making. And so if there were views that maybe a path we were taking was not correct, there was really no strong additional authority to step in and say, ‘Wait a minute.’”

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Anonymous Sat 24 Aug 2024 20:38:09 No.1334037 Report

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That additional authority exists today, in the form of FRRs that take place mid-mission—though they often go by a different name: a mission risk acceptance forum. Whatever they’re called, the official panels are intended to bring the scrutiny of an FRR to bear at any point between the time a crew leaves the ground and the time they return to Earth. For the past several weeks, NASA has been under the gun to make such a decision about the hobbled Starliner—and to do it fast. The spacecraft’s batteries have a limited lifespan, and if the ship was not deemed fit to carry the crew home, it would have to fly back empty soon.

The FRR that resulted in the decision not to bring Wilmore and Williams home on the Boeing Starliner spacecraft was held on Aug. 23, and Nelson was very much in the loop. If there are dissenting opinions during the review, the decision goes first to Jim Free, NASA associate administrator. After him, Nelson could step in, and clearly he did.

Ahead of the decision being finalized, it was still possible that NASA could surprise the public—not to mention Wilmore and Williams—and announce that the stranded astronauts would be flying their dodgy Starliner home. But that was never likely. NASA’s institutional sorrow runs deep—back far before the Challenger and Columbia disasters, to the Jan. 27, 1967, launch pad fire that claimed the lives of astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee, when they were conducting a dress rehearsal for the launch of their Apollo 1 spacecraft. Shortly after that tragedy, legendary flight director Gene Kranz gathered the grieving NASA staffers together for a grim but bracing post-mortem.

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Anonymous Sat 24 Aug 2024 20:39:09 No.1334038 Report

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“From this day forward, flight control will be known by two words: Tough and competent,” Kranz said, chalking the words on a blackboard. “Tough means we are forever accountable for what we do or what we fail to do. We will never again compromise our responsibilities. Competent means we will never take anything for granted. Mission Control will be perfect. When you leave this meeting today you will go to your office and the first thing you will do there is to write ‘tough and competent’ on your blackboards. It will never be erased. Each day when you enter the room, these words will remind you of the price paid by Grissom, White, and Chaffee. These words are the price of admission to the ranks of Mission Control.”

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Anonymous Sat 24 Aug 2024 20:40:10 No.1334040 Report

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That price still stands. NASA could have decided to spare Boeing the embarrassment of flying their Starliner home empty, and Wilmore and Williams the ordeal of spending six more months in space, but that’s not the route the agency chose. Astronaut lives are on the line. A chastened NASA chose not to risk them again.

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Anonymous Sat 24 Aug 2024 21:46:51 No.1334066 Report

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>>1334040
That is the laziest copy-paste possible. Judging by the thread title, that's not surprising: you're clearly an idiot.

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Anonymous Sat 24 Aug 2024 22:16:07 No.1334074 Report

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>>1334066
>paste the thread
>no not like that reeeeeeeeeeee

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Anonymous Sat 24 Aug 2024 22:55:30 No.1334081 Report

Quoted By: >>1334094 >>1334126 >>1334503 >>1334677

While i do think she is retarded, i dont think she has shit to do with space.

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Anonymous Sat 24 Aug 2024 23:28:56 No.1334084 Report

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>>1334066
They're a mentally deficient troll who compulsively lies about everything. You're better off not engaging and just ignoring their posts.

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Anonymous Sun 25 Aug 2024 00:25:03 No.1334094 Report

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>>1334081
she does, in a way. The Space Council is a cabinet-level agency and VP Harris is the chair person right now.

Boeing's contracts go back to Obama though. So the party is to blame but not Harris directly.

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Anonymous Sun 25 Aug 2024 00:54:04 No.1334126 Report

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>>1334081
The National Space Council (NSpC) is the White House policy council responsible for ensuring the United States capitalizes on the rich opportunities presented by our nation’s space activities. Under the leadership of its chair, Vice President Kamala Harris, the NSpC advises and assists the President on the development and implementation of space policy and strategy and is comprised of Cabinet-level Secretaries and other senior executive branch officials.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/spacecouncil/
she is the space czar

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Anonymous Sun 25 Aug 2024 01:00:55 No.1334133 Report

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>>1334084
lol you are one seething tranny

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Anonymous Sun 25 Aug 2024 04:26:30 No.1334211 Report

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>>1334033
thanks hobama

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Anonymous Sun 25 Aug 2024 20:31:56 No.1334503 Report

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>>1334081
she is literally the top person in charge of NASA

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Anonymous Sun 25 Aug 2024 21:24:14 No.1334541 Report

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>>1334503
There's nothing anybody can say that will penetrate your 12" thick layer of schizophrenia to explain to you why the executive head of a government agency isn't at fault for an accidental mechanical failure in a fuel line.

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Anonymous Sun 25 Aug 2024 21:25:57 No.1334543 Report

Quoted By: >>1334579 >>1334677

>>1334084
His goal is to shitpost so much in every thread the board becomes unusable. He frequently succeeds at that.

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Anonymous Sun 25 Aug 2024 21:49:04 No.1334579 Report

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>>1334541
buck stops with her, retardo. she is the boss
>>1334543
top kek

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Anonymous Mon 26 Aug 2024 01:39:47 No.1334677 Report

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>>1334543
>>1334541
>>1334081
>nothing is ever harris's fault, she isn't in charge of anything and has no power, reeeeeee

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Anonymous Mon 26 Aug 2024 11:33:28 No.1334744 Report

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>>1334094
>>1334126
>>1334503
>>1334677
Because it certainly can't be Boeing's fault.
Am I right bros ;)

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Anonymous Mon 26 Aug 2024 11:39:20 No.1334745 Report

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>stranded
Stranded would imply that they are stuck up there with no way to return. That isn't true. If they had to evacuate the station they could, and they have a ride home. They have plenty of food and water on station for extra crew. The station keeps an extra supply for everyone on board at all times, and the station just got resupplied by a Cygnus cargo spacecraft which I'm sure sent extra stuff too. They are astronauts who were supply to fly an 8 day mission that's turned into a nearly 9 month long stay. There are many examples of missions getting extended for many reasons. I'm sure they are more than happy to be there. Yes, Boeing fucked up. Boeings rot hasn't spared their space division and I hope NASA decides not to award them any more contracts. The plus side is that NASA's contract for the Starliner spacecraft was a fixed price contract cause NASA got tired of having to foot the bill for Boeings fuck ups and delays with the old traditional cost plus contracts they used to always do. This means Boeing is having to foot the bill for their fuck ups because the money NASA gave them for Starliner has already been used. After Starliner comes home, it very well might not fly again since Boeing has shown itself to be incompetent yet again. Its unfortunate because it's always good to have backup options if something was to go wrong with Spacex'x Dragon capsule but it is what it is.

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Anonymous Mon 26 Aug 2024 16:14:47 No.1334765 Report

Quoted By: >>1334839 >>1334887

>>1334579
In that case, it's time to hold Trump accountable for Operation Warp Speed.

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Anonymous Mon 26 Aug 2024 16:57:21 No.1334795 Report

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>>1334745
Pretty much this. Boeing is paying for two extra astronauts up in space, we get more science/work done, everyone wins.
Everyone wins except for seething trolls who want to pretend this is a bad thing because they don't have a lot of ammo to attack democrats with.

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Anonymous Mon 26 Aug 2024 17:02:39 No.1334805 Report

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>>1334795
>Hey man we paid billions of dollars for something and dont get that thing but actually this is cool and fine and we shouldn't worry about this
Boeing isn't sending their best.

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Anonymous Mon 26 Aug 2024 17:26:01 No.1334839 Report

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>>1334765
>Warp Speed
Zefram Cochrane is responsible for warp propulsion (he's named after test pilot - and friend of Chuck Yeager - Jacqueline Cochrane).
Don Old can only travel as fast as the golf cart he's in. He spends more time in that method of transport than his 757 Trump Farce One or what he's currently using, Epstein's Gulfstream: the Lolita Express.
And the reason why Trump's reduced to riding the Lolita Express: Trump Farce One's broken down. Which company made his 757? Boeing.
The jokes just write themselves. No wonder Kamala's laughing: and not only all the way to the White House.

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Anonymous Mon 26 Aug 2024 18:54:47 No.1334850 Report

Quoted By: >>1334853 >>1334892

>>1334745
>Stranded would imply that they are stuck up there with no way to return. That isn't true
How are they going to return? Nobody's actually figured this out yet

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Anonymous Mon 26 Aug 2024 18:55:33 No.1334851 Report

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>>1334745
So you are saying they started out as stranded but now they are not because Boeing is paying for it?

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Anonymous Mon 26 Aug 2024 19:26:21 No.1334853 Report

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>>1334850
I bet they're trying to pay off the Russians to fetch them in a cargo capsule

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Anonymous Mon 26 Aug 2024 19:55:30 No.1334887 Report

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>>1334744
harris is the one who picked out the contractor, retard. she is in charge of NASA
>>1334765
I thought they were the biden vaxes?

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Anonymous Mon 26 Aug 2024 19:56:45 No.1334889 Report

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>>1334887
Harris wasn't even a national politician when they picked the contractor.

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Anonymous Mon 26 Aug 2024 19:57:05 No.1334890 Report

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>>1334745
>they aren't stranded, they are just stuck there for 9 months of an 8 day mission. its not harris's fault even though she is literally in charge of nasa
>>1334795
>>1334805
top kek samefags

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Anonymous Mon 26 Aug 2024 19:58:05 No.1334892 Report

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>>1334839
holy shit crackhead bot has gone full chatgpt
>>1334850
>>1334851
good posts

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Anonymous Mon 26 Aug 2024 19:59:06 No.1334893 Report

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>>1334889
harris is literally in charge of NASA. the buck stops with her. she fucked up the border and fucked up NASA

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Anonymous Mon 26 Aug 2024 20:48:31 No.1334908 Report

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lot of cope itt

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Anonymous Mon 26 Aug 2024 21:52:55 No.1334943 Report

Quoted By: >>1334959

The vice president, in their capacity as chair of the National Space Council, neither controls NASA nor their private sector contractors. The council has no authority, unilateral or otherwise, over the day-to-day operations of NASA. It strictly serves an advisory role regarding space policy.

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Anonymous Mon 26 Aug 2024 21:57:54 No.1334946 Report

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>>1334887
Not at all. Trump was also president when all of the lockdowns occurred.

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Anonymous Mon 26 Aug 2024 22:40:04 No.1334959 Report

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>>1334943
harris is literally the chief government official in charge of space, cope

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Anonymous Tue 27 Aug 2024 01:06:00 No.1335034 Report

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If things got 'really bad', there's always SLS Block 2 Crew and Orion. Send up the latter with the former. I'm sure the latter's manufacturer would love to demonstrate the abilities of Orion post-Artemis-1, certainly in being the solution to a certain problem. Which company makes Orion? Lockheed Martin. Everything resolved except for two now having problems. Who? Boeing no longer being awarded contracts which Lockheed Martin gets. The other /news/? Well, you can guess who.

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