June 18, which was supposed to be the date set by Boeing and NASA to return Boeing Starship to Earth, now it seems that they have broken their promise.
Why can't Starship come back? There is a lot of information on the Internet, and I will briefly tell you that the reason why the starship cannot return to the earth is because the spacecraft began to leak helium as soon as it went to space, and the docking with the International Space Station still relies on experienced astronauts to complete it manually.
But why did such a high-end spaceship make such a mistake? Recently, this mystery has been solved, and India, a good brother of the United States, has "moved its hands and feet" from it.
Receiving an order for Boeing's valves made the Indian factory very happy, and it was a big business, and India was thinking about how to make more profits.
The solution really made them come up with it, wouldn't it be okay to replace titanium alloy with aluminum alloy? Anyway, if you don't look carefully at the appearance, it's almost the same, but I didn't expect the spacecraft to malfunction as soon as it went into the sky, and these "small actions" they did were also checked out by the big brother of the United States.
The problem arises again, for example, these parts and other related products from India have made a mess for their own manufacturing, how can the United States dare to ask India to make and process the valves of the spacecraft? Isn't this heart too big?
This is a bitter tear, Lao Mei actually doesn't want India to process and produce at all, but Lao Mei's local manufacturing industry is really unbearable, and they can't manufacture the valves needed for starships, so Lao Mei can only find help from other countries in the world.
It stands to reason that an order like a spaceship valve is the safest to hand over to China or Russia, but after the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the United States has been thinking about sanctioning Russia from time to time, and it has really imposed sanctions on Russia at every turn.
Moreover, this time it is so eager to let the starship go into the sky, and it also wants to get rid of the dependence of the United States on Russia in this field, how can the United States give the order to Russia?
As for China, our China is also making rapid progress in these high-tech aspects, which makes Lao Mei feel very uncomfortable, and Lao Mei will naturally not willingly turn to China to produce these valves.
After thinking about it, Lao Mei had no choice but to hand over this beauty to India, hoping that "one heart, its profit will be gold", but India is really unreliable, only pursuing profits, regardless of how important these valves are to the starship.
Pity the two astronauts on the starship, the combined age of the two is almost two hundred years old, and they also have a body of aerospace experience, this time I didn't expect to fall into the hands of a small valve, I hope Lao Mei can solve the problem as soon as possible, don't let their tickets become one-way.
Don't forget that the starship also has to be saved, the cost is so high, if you leave them alone because of such a small "small" failure, then the loss will be too great.
Moreover, Boeing's reputation has been slippery and slippery in the past few years, and its weight in the market and the hearts of users has fallen and fallen, and it was intended to use this Starship to reverse the bad reputation, if it is not even understood by NASA's order, what should Boeing do in the future?
Boeing, you talk about you, obviously before the spacecraft went to the sky, the engineers detected a helium leak, and quickly terminated the plan, and I don't know who had to let the sky, now they are all dumbfounded, there are 5 helium leakage points on the spacecraft, how can the spacecraft return?
In 2014, NASA signed spaceship-related contracts with Musk's SpaceX and Boeing at the same time, just to no longer rely on Russian spacecraft.
At that time, NASA had high hopes for Boeing, and allocated a full $4.2 billion to Boeing, but only gave Musk $2.6 billion, and the result? Musk's Crew Dragon spacecraft was successfully launched into the sky as early as 2019.
In contrast, Boeing is too stretched, either the timer is malfunctioning, or the valve is stolen by the "third brother" to change the beam, and finally stumbles and flies into the sky, and also successfully shakes hands with the International Space Station, which will not know how to return to Earth, and nothing is dry.
The question is, are there other factors besides the valve that lead to such a situation? These should also be paid attention to, and they should be carefully examined.
I can't get down in the first place, and if I miss any more details, it may make things worse and more out of control, and then the two astronauts may really fall into a box.
Boeing, you can have a snack, the plane is always out of order, either a landing gear is off, or a wheel is off, or the oxygen mask is off, the aerospace thing is really sloppy, the starship let's not continue the "tradition" of the plane, human life is at stake!