SpaceX Dragon has made over 20 trips to the International Space Station, while Boeing's men have been waiting over 50 days to hitch a ride back home.
, they were sheltering with others in the International Space Station after the facility was threatened by debris from a Russian satellite that was breaking apart.
The Starliner crew has now been aboard the ISS over 50 days, with no indication of a fix from Boeing. New reports indicate that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration is considering bothNASA management has been in deep discussion this week about whether to return the agency’s astronauts on board Boeing’s misfiring Starliner capsule or to go with the alternative of using a SpaceX craft to rescue the crew.
NASA this week has been discussing the possibility of returning Starliner empty and instead using SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft to return its astronauts. There is no consensus among those responsible for making the decision, that person said, calling the outcome of NASA’s ongoing discussions unpredictable given the variety of factors involved.use of a SpaceX DragonOne informed source said it was greater than a 50-50 chance that the crew would come back on Dragon.
The Dragon spacecraft is capable of carrying up to 7 passengers to and from Earth orbit and beyond. The pressurized section of the capsule is designed to carry both people and environmentally sensitive cargo. Toward the base of the capsule and contained within the nosecone are the Draco thrusters, which allow for orbital maneuvering., Boeing’s space program as well as its other operations might have more of a success trajectory.
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