Atlas V Starliner CFT: Processing and Stacking
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- Опубліковано 29 кві 2024
- Reigniting Atlas' legacy of launching humans to space, ULA is using an Atlas V rocket to launch the Crew Flight Test (CFT). Check out how the Atlas V rocket was stacked ahead of launch.
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Godspeed Starliner!
love the groovy music! Go Atlas, Go Centaur, Go Starliner!
I literally said this at the end of the video.
Good luck.
Here we go!
Go Atlas, Go Centaur, Go Starliner, Go CFT!
Good luck guys!!
Godspeed, you guys!!! Will it fly on Vulcan ? Will be there a cargo/lunar version ?
Woo! Let's go Boeing!
Looking forward to the first crewed launch
Go Atlas, Go Starliner 😊
A lot of work. Here is to a successful launch and successful mission.
Go Atlas!
Go NASA! Go Atlas! Go Centaur! Go Starliner! Go (to the) ISS!
The whole comprises the parts.
GO ATLAS! GO STARLINER!
We trust you ULA and Boeing
Great Video ! The NASA management killed two Crews of the NASA Space Shuttle program by having only one launch provider ! And NASA could have saved one Crew if they had a second launch provider ! ! ! Go SpaceX and Dragon ! Go Boeing, ULA and Starliner ! tjl
Yea, space.
🤟🏿
Hopefully Boeing figured out how to keep the door from blowing out
😂😂😂😂
You're so clever.
Why does this look like my first rocket in KSP?
Where will the booster land?
How did this become an Atlas V Starliner and not a Atlas V/Boeing Starliner 🧐 someone cleaning up the mess
the inside looks like a 737 cockpit lol
there's still safety issues btw
I think Nasa's initial requirement for Starliner was 1 loss of crew and vehicle (LOCV) in every 200-270 flights (which is quite good, seen as STS was around 1:100). The final reliability estimate for Starliner is likely lower, but I am unable to find a source on that. The point is, there is will never be 100% safety and Nasa is prepared to take that risk.
This is somehting you rarely hear about, because of its delicate und uncomfortable nature. But the truth is space is still incredibly dangerous, and I applaud these brave men and women who do it despite fully knowing the danger they embark upon.
@@debott4538 I still feel like NASA treats starliner as a backup and only since Dragon is still a very reliable platform so far, with Vulcan slowly coming closer to being competitor for NASA's second choice of a platform (it still isn't human-rated yet because boeing has stake in ULA and an awarded rating will instantly render Starliner deadweight in NASA's eyes)
@@nicoliedolpot7213 I don't quite follow your meaning there. Crew-rating Vulcan would be a huge boon to Starliner, as it would mean Starliner would no longer be tied to a retiring Atlas.
But I agree that Starliner has turned out to be inferior to Dragon 2 (which is easy to say from todays standpoint.) Still, awarding 2 commercial crew programs made a lot of sense back in the day and the result was a tremendous success. I am certain that Starliner will fly at least until 2030 alongside Dragon, as requested by Nasa, even if only as a backup to Dragon. And who knows, maybe after that Boeing can turn it into a commercial success after all.
@@debott4538 maybe, but if it keeps being freaking delayed again....
Let's hope the door doesn't pop off mid flight
too soon?
Only took you guys 4 years after Space X launched dragon
How can it still be called Atlas while using Russian engines? The whole thing is nothing like the historic atlas booster. Also adding the skirt is because of a design flaw. The starliner and second stage are aerodynamically incompatible so to fix it they added extra mass and complexity. Starliner itself rides on a razors edge of uncertainties. I pray for the astronauts riding inside even though I am not a religious person 🙏
ULA, you can increase the second stage diameter, it doesn't need to be so long and skinny. Looks really funny.
It will change the aerodynamics and lower the center of mass.
Which isn't ideal.
Centaur was that diameter to share manufacturing equipment with the original Atlas-D first stage, and stayed the same diameter when Atlas III was replaced by Atlas V presumably to keep development cost down (much cheaper to extend tank walls in height rather than redesign the whole thing). Vulcan has a 5.4m diameter Centaur V to enable heavier, higher energy flights
Yes, the whole thing isn't very cohesive. I have concerns
@@salty_berserker_channel Atlas V 4xx has worked flawlessly for the last 2 decades, pretty sure it’ll be fine now (yes I know this is an N22, but it’s basically a 421 with dual engine centaur and a capsule in place of the payload fairing
@@salty_berserker_channelLooks like we have rocket scientists in comment section. Why should Boeing higher brilliant engineers when we have commenters to tell what a billion dollar company should do.
How the hell are they gonna get Russian rocket engine?
They have that russian engines in storage for the remaining Atlas V flights, dont worry
@@jagarciavi For how many flights?. Didn't they chancel this agreement way before? 🤔
@@Xhydraulics 18 flights as november 2023
@@jagarciavi i mean how many engines are left
@@Xhydraulics I've checked, there are 17 flights remaining counting this one. 1 RD180 russian engine per flight, so... 17 engines are left.
Unpopular opinion:
Because Starliner can do station orbit reboost and Dragon can't.
This will give Starliner an advantage over Dragon and could replace SpaceX as the go to for crew missions.
Sorry Musk fan boys.
Boeing has to not unalive anyone first
Cost to launch, cadence, and safety are far more decisive factors than reboost capability.
starliner is a dumpsterfire
I significantly doubt this. NASA's Inspector General valued Starliner seats at around $90 million, while SpaceX Dragon flights are around $55 million a seat. While these reports were issued in 2019, I'd assume the difference in costs is about the same. Franky, it's possible the difference may be even wider now, given Starliner's multiple delays and SpaceX's consistent use of Dragon.
The benefit of station reboosting is significant, but given the major cost difference, in addition to Dragon's proven capabilities, to assume Starliner will just effectively replace Dragon in the market is a fairy tale at best.
@@mossbenson You're using old figures.
Crew Dragon and Starliner are roughly equal now.
SpaceX was selling seats at a loss. But they've raised prices to be profitable.
@@jameskelly3502I admit these figures are old. As stated above, they came from a 2019 interview with the inspector general. Nevertheless, where are finding a figure that the costs are roughly equal now? I'm seeing reports that CST-100 flights still cost roughly double a Dragon a flight.
i think... without a reusable first stage, no space company will survive
They can keep up right now because they can fulfill mission profiles that the Falcon-9 can't, but once those missions can be done with a reusable one, they are gone. I think Vulcan is really good at geostationary transfer orbits (albeit a Falcon Heavy is as well). Another example is the electron, which launches smaller payloads that would be overkill to launch with a Falcon-9.
Until the market dramatically expands, that won't really be true. Most of the cost of missions is still the mission itself.
I thought Boeing cancelled the Starliner because of how many issues they were having with it?
There was a lot of clickbait about that, but no.
I wish they had, TBH.
They can't. They're contractually obligated to fly a few missions with NASA.
@@wesplybon9510 Sadly, you're right. Still, I don't want the headline "Boeing kills two astronauts"
@@bryanillenberg Good grief Charlie Brown. I cannot believe you said the thing that must not be said. Not all thoughts that come to mind should become a comment on UA-cam. Some compassion for everyone involved would be a good people skill to practice in the hours, days, weeks or months leading up to any launch.
2:42 says highly trained engineers then shows a guy with a mullet and sleeve tats... have some respect for engineering, cover that up, get a proper haircut. this aint a rodeo
I will stop call this space craft the cringe liner if this mission is successful.
And I will begin calling this space craft the cringe liner
The only thing cringy around here, is more than one Muskrat, occupying a message thread...
"I thought we set out traps for these filthy creatures? Anybody got a cat??"
@@codymoe4986the REAL enlightened position is Strongly Disliking Starliner (or at least the usual Boeing issues, not the design itself per se), Disliking Crew Dragon, Loving Dreamchaser
(And wistful yearning for Skylon, and dreams of an alternate history where VentureStar (sidenote, should have been named Sunfish or something) took off instead of being killed for politics.
I'm there with you!
I work on the Vulcan and I still find starliner cringe@@ericlotze7724
@@ericlotze7724 what wrong with crew dragon man 😭😭😭
If the recent Boeing history is an example, it will scrub !…🤷🏻♂️
How long before the deal with Jeff Bezos is closed out?
Bye Bye Tory, you won't be missed.
Apart from the fact he’s one of the most loved members of the space community…
@@TaurusSpace Really? Maybe you need to read more books.
@@How.Dare.You_BidenAs someone who is 100% a SpaceX fan.
There is no one in the space community more beloved than Tory
@@bryanillenberg really? Ask that to the share holders of ULA... next
@@How.Dare.You_Biden The two reasons ULA is failing (and let's honest: they're failing) are Boeing and Lockheed. Not Tory.