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Boeing Starliner could brick ISS docking port if crew abandons it

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Re: Boeing Starliner could brick ISS docking port if crew abandons it

#31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Maybe they just need to flip it twice like inserting USB devices.

It's always the second flip

The first flip collapses the wave function so that it has a definite orientation at all. The second flip then achieves the correct orientation.

Re: Boeing Starliner could brick ISS docking port if crew abandons it

#32

Boeing need to stop being given contracts, from the Starliner issues on top of the various scandals with the quality control of their planes, it's clear to see they have no value in human life.

Boeing probably has a lot of politicians in their pockets. And it is one of the largest defense companies. And NASA needs at least two for competition. So I don't think it's going to change much. But I do agree that NASA should reward more contracts to SpaceX until Boeing proves its competence.

Re: Boeing Starliner could brick ISS docking port if crew abandons it

#34
How could they possibly screw up so badly that a SW update would brick the thing? Did they forget the logic to just reboot to last good/factory FW in case of failure?

This feels like the story they're telling isn't the real story because that's just basic, basic shit that gets beaten on all the time during development.

Re: Boeing Starliner could brick ISS docking port if crew abandons it

#35
I really want to know how a Starliner software update is going to "brick" the ISS Docking Port. This doesn't make a lot of sense to me.

Jalopnik doesn't really seem like an authoritative source on this, especially since the hyperlink they included when they talk about the "Bricking" issue links to some article about simulated decompression sickness that has nothing to do with the ISS docking port...

Re: Boeing Starliner could brick ISS docking port if crew abandons it

#36

Boeing need to stop being given contracts, from the Starliner issues on top of the various scandals with the quality control of their planes, it's clear to see they have no value in human life.

The only reason they got the space contract was so that the US Government wasnt relying on just Space X

The US govt is now relying on just Space X

Re: Boeing Starliner could brick ISS docking port if crew abandons it

#38

How could they possibly screw up so badly that a SW update would brick the thing? Did they forget the logic to just reboot to last good/factory FW in case of failure? This feels like the story they're telling isn't the real story because that's just basic, basic shit that gets beaten on all the time during development.

My theory, given that this claim makes no sense and the article doesn't cite any sources that say anything like this, that this is just bog standard G/O Media blogspam, with bit of misinformation to increase views.

Re: Boeing Starliner could brick ISS docking port if crew abandons it

#39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's always the second flip

The first flip collapses the wave function so that it has a definite orientation at all. The second flip then achieves the correct orientation.

The wavefunction collapses on the first attempt to plug in: it's always the wrong way.
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