NASA is Looking for an Alternative to Boeing Starliner

Eight weeks ago, the Boeing Starliner vehicle On the International Space Station It carried the astronauts who would serve into orbit. Afterwards, the astronauts who were going to return could not return due to problems with the vehicle. At first both NASA him the Boeing The statements made by made us think that the problem was not that big. Since the problem still could not be solved, NASA began to evaluate its alternatives.

Starliner’s problems with leaks and malfunctioning thrusters were initially reported as minor problems. Vice President Mark Nappi, who heads Boeing’s Commercial Crew Program. “These are pretty minor problems, we can fix them on the next mission. I don’t think they matter at all.” He used the expression.

They can ask for help from SpaceX

On the other hand, the process dragged on and days turned into weeks. NASA ve BoeingWhile trying to solve the technical problems that come one after another, the search for alternatives has begun. If thruster problems are not resolved, the vehicle may catch fire after entering the atmosphere.

NASA team is now working on alternatives to bring astronauts back to our planet as soon as possible. One of the prominent ones among these alternatives is SpaceX’s Dragon vehicle. In fact, for a long time it was thought that astronauts would return with Starliner, but this may change.

NASA, Boeing ve SpaceX Activities between the spacecraft suggest that astronauts may return home on a Crew Dragon spacecraft rather than a Starliner. Let’s see how this mission will be completed.