The commanding officer of the distressed Boeing Starlineer Spacecraft faced technical issues, closing two astronauts in the space last June, took responsibility for the issues, while pointing to the blame on all the rest on the mission.
Astronauts Buch Wilmore and Sun. Williams on Monday answered questions from reporters in Texas about various aspects of their expanded mission.
Wilmore and Williams returned to Earth after being trapped in space since June, engineers discovered the helium leaks and issues related to the thrusters shortly after Boeing’s CST -100 Starlineer was docked with the International Space Station.
Wilmore was asked who is responsible for everything on the test flight, which eventually left them in space for nine months.
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Astronaut Buch Wilmor said he takes partial responsibility for issues that he and Suna leaves Williams stuck in space for an extended amount, while also say that NASA and Boeing are responsible. (NASA)
Wilmore said, “There were some issues, of course … who prevented us from returning to Starlineer, and I will start with me.” “There were questions that I, I, as a commander of the spacecraft, which I should have asked, and I didn’t do at that time. I didn’t know that I needed it, and perhaps you can call that barrier, but I would start a finger, and will blame me.”
The word “defect” is not the one who likes to use Wilmore, although he said that the responsibility falls on everyone in all programs including Boeing and NASA.
Wilmore said, “We are all responsible. We all have.” “You cannot do this business without a trust. You should have final belief, and for someone to move forward in all these different organizations and say,” Hey. I am guilty of part of that issue. ” It goes a long way to maintain belief.
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Astronaut Buch Wilmor said he takes partial responsibility for issues that he and Suna leaves Williams stuck in space for an extended amount, while also say that NASA and Boeing are responsible. (NASA)
“So, we are not going back and say that it has happened or it has happened or that person, or that issue, or blameing that unit. We are going to look forward and going to say, ‘We are going to use our lessons learned by this whole process and make sure we are successful in the future,” said Wilmore.
Asked if either astronauts would return to space in a Stareller, both Williams and Wilmor replied that they would do.
Wilmore said he would return to a Stareller as the team is going to fix all the issues that have faced spacecraft, given that Boeing and NASA are committed to perfectly fixing problems.
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In this photo provided by NASA, the Starlineer spacecraft of Boeing has been docked on 3 July 2024 in the Harmony Module of the International Space Station, seen from a window on the SpaceX Dragon Endeavor spacecraft, which is docked at an adjacent port. (NASA through AP)
“With that, I will get into a heartbeat,” he said.
Williams agreed with Wilmore, saying the Starlineer spacecraft is really capable.
“There were some things that needed to decide, as Buch was mentioned, and people are actively working on it,” he said. “But it is a great spacecraft, and has a lot of abilities that other spacecrafts do not have, and have an honor for that thing to succeed and be a part of that program.”
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After reaching the ISS a few days before the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft of Elon Musk, Wilmor and Williams participated in the US Gulf on 18 March.
