Actually, Starliner might fly into space this year

AI 中文解读

波音星际客机终于要有新动作了！去年载人试飞惨遭失败后，NASA一度把它列为严重事故，谁想到最近进展神速，今年竟可能真的飞向太空。简单说，这款飞船就像航天界的"问题学生"，本来要接宇航员去国际空间站，结果出了大毛病被叫停整改。现在波音和NASA加班加点修bug，据说主要问题已基本搞定，下一步货运测试可能就在年内。对普通人来说，这事意味着美国航天又多了一个靠谱的"出租车"选择，未来宇航员往返空间站不再只能靠SpaceX一家，发射任务更灵活，太空科研和国际合作也会更频繁。毕竟，谁也不想整天堵在一条路上，多点竞争总归是好事。

When we last checked in on Boeing's Starliner spacecraft in February, NASA was announcing that it had formally classified the 2024 crewed flight of the Starliner spacecraft as a “Type A” mishap, an acknowledgement that the test flight was a serious failure. At the time, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said the space agency was working with Boeing to "fully understand the risks associated" with the Starliner spacecraft, and to remediate them. Starliner would not fly its next mission, a cargo flight to the International Space Station, until those problems were identified and remediated. He declined to put a date on the test flight. However, it now appears this work is proceeding apace.Read full article Comments