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greyninja Joined Mar 2009 Posts 11611 EE 0% (0) VUT	Posted: 4/26/2024 10:11:20 PM EDT ...in this Boeing animated mockup. Watch Boeing Starliner fly to space in ascent profile animation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hl5Z6bDgq_8

zephyr Random Mutt Joined Nov 2004 Posts 5169 EE 100% (86) PA, USA	Posted: 4/26/2024 10:15:42 PM EDT [Last Edit: zephyr] [#1] A Boeing where lots of parts fall off while it flies? Just kidding, I wish them luck. Sounds like they need it.

1Andy2 Member Joined Jul 2004 Posts 113563 EE 100% (71) TX, USA	Posted: 4/26/2024 10:17:17 PM EDT [#2] Boeing took so long, they're about to take third place in a two man race. Kinda.
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GSPatton General Joined Sep 2005 Posts 10166 EE 100% (2) WV, USA	Posted: 4/26/2024 10:20:46 PM EDT [#3] I found a picture of the lead engineer. Attached File

Homeka45 Member Joined Jan 2005 Posts 2345 EE 100% (54) USA	Posted: 4/26/2024 10:22:18 PM EDT [#4] You bastard, j/k, actually pretty funny.

21usernamechecksout Joined Nov 2020 Posts 3111 EE 0% (0) WA, USA	Posted: 4/26/2024 10:23:19 PM EDT [Last Edit: 21usernamechecksout] [#5] Originally Posted By greyninja: ...in this Boeing animated mockup. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hl5Z6bDgq_8 View Quote Attached File Attached File ETA: holy cow that's complicated. A lot has to go right for a successful orbit. Idk if Boeing can pull it off.

Red_Label Member Joined Jan 2003 Posts 46265 EE 100% (2) MT, USA	Posted: 4/26/2024 10:25:08 PM EDT [#6] Cripes... it's like today's rocket designers all used to design dildos for Adam & Eve or something. I dig Space X rockets performance-wise. But it seems like nothing inspirational-looking has gone into orbit since the Saturn V.
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MMcCall CisHet Patriarch Joined Sep 2002 Posts 26759 EE 100% (49) WA, USA	Posted: 4/26/2024 10:25:51 PM EDT [#7] Quote History Originally Posted By Red_Label: Cripes... it's like today's rocket designers all used to design dildos for Adam & Eve or something. I dig Space X rockets performance-wise. But it seems like nothing inspirational-looking has gone into orbit since the Saturn V. View Quote Optimal physics doesn't care about your aesthetic.
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21usernamechecksout Joined Nov 2020 Posts 3112 EE 0% (0) WA, USA	Posted: 4/26/2024 10:29:41 PM EDT [#8] Austin Powers 2 / Dr.Evil's Spaceship Scene https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HV2UoWhV7qs

Red_Label Member Joined Jan 2003 Posts 46266 EE 100% (2) MT, USA	Posted: 4/26/2024 10:32:16 PM EDT [Last Edit: Red_Label] [#9] Quote History Originally Posted By MMcCall: Optimal physics doesn't care about your aesthetic. View Quote Fair enough. But still... Saturn V and SR71 the coolest things ever to leave ground. Slide rules ruled! And neither looked like a sex toy.
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Posted: 4/26/2024 10:34:37 PM EDT

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ETA: holy cow that's complicated.
A lot has to go right for a successful orbit. Idk if Boeing can pull it off.

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Originally Posted By greyninja:
...in this Boeing animated mockup.

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ETA: holy cow that's complicated.
A lot has to go right for a successful orbit. Idk if Boeing can pull it off.

Boeing has a lot of recent experience in designing parts that come off mid-flight.

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Antero Member Joined Aug 2014 Posts 9917 EE 0% (0) USA	Posted: 4/26/2024 11:08:38 PM EDT [#11] I wouldn’t hesitate for a moment to go to space on a SpaceX vehicle. I’m not getting anywhere near a Boeing launch vehicle.
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