Comments on: Launch of first manned flight of Starliner rescheduled for May 17, 2024 https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/launch-of-first-manned-flight-of-starliner-rescheduled-for-may-17-2024/ Thu, 09 May 2024 07:42:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Jeff Wright https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/launch-of-first-manned-flight-of-starliner-rescheduled-for-may-17-2024/#comment-1463674 Thu, 09 May 2024 07:42:15 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=105029#comment-1463674 That happened to a whole (early) balloon tank Atlas once.

]]> By: Doubting Thomas https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/launch-of-first-manned-flight-of-starliner-rescheduled-for-may-17-2024/#comment-1463528 Wed, 08 May 2024 21:02:52 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=105029#comment-1463528 Tory Bruno, in the post scrub press conference on the 6th, noted that if the Centaur second stage had to be defueled and depressurized in the event the valve needed to be replaced (now we know it did) that the Centaur had to be attached to a piece of gear that “stretched the Centaur” to maintain structural integrity.

I wonder if that means that they have to destack the whole thing to do that?

The relatively short timeline seems to indicate they do not need to do that, but imagine the stress on the team fearing that a Centaur collapse like a beer can brings the Starliner components collapsing down on the Atlas first stage. Yikes!

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