NASA contractor warns that Boeing launch must be stopped “before something catastrophic happens”

“NASA needs to double down on safety checks and re-examine safety protocols to make sure the Starliner is safe before something catastrophic happens to the astronauts and the people on Earth.”

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A NASA contractor is urging the space agency to suspend the upcoming Boeing Starliner launch due to major safety concerns with the aerospace company’s products.

in press releaseThe president of ValveTech, a NASA company that supplies parts to the agency, warned that a buzzing sound heard during the launch of the now-cleaned Starliner could indicate something was seriously wrong with the transport capsule.

“As an important partner of NASA and as valve experts, we strongly urge them not to attempt a second launch due to the risk of a catastrophe on the launch pad,” ValveTech President. Erin Favell warned. “According to media reports, a person walking near the Starliner noticed a buzzing sound indicating a valve leak minutes before launch. This sound may indicate that the valve has passed its life cycle.”

After the accident that occurred before the Starliner attempted its first crew launch earlier in May. NASA said They will not try again until at least May 17. According to Favel, there is a lot to be done between now and then to avoid the worst possible outcomes.

“NASA needs to redouble safety checks and re-examine safety protocols to make sure Starliner is safe before something catastrophic happens to the astronauts and the people on Earth,” he said.

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The CEO of United Launch Alliance, which launches the vehicle into orbit, has strongly opposed Company X, formerly known as Twitter.

“I’m not sure what to say about this one,” he said books. “Almost none of it is true: Not urgent. No leaking. Etc. It is striking that the particular person quoted does not seem to know how this type of valve works.”

ValveTech’s warnings come not only after the launch of the Starliner, but also after months of terrible pressure on Boeing that included parts of its planes falling off. Government investigationsand two whistleblowers.

As the company’s press release notes, the launch scrub also occurred after a November 2023 ruling in which A.J The federal court found that Boeing had used a valve from another aerospace company, Aerojet Rocketdyne, which copied ValveTech’s designs. The part, according to a witness at that trial, was not equipped for the job it was supposed to do, and as far as the company could tell, it was not replaced.

“ValveTech continues to question how NASA, Boeing, and Aerojet qualified this valve for the mission without appropriate supporting data, prior history, or outdated information, which in its experience conflicts with aerospace industry qualification protocols established by NASA,” the press release reads.

Finally, these are some very serious allegations, and Futurism I have contacted NASA to ask if the parts in question have been replaced.

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