((AGAIN) LIVE NOW) June 5 NASA Starliner Boeing Crewed Test Flight Live Video Launch At 12:25 PM EDT

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So far no Speedmasters to be seen, but they're still suiting up for launch
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Love how they call the seats they sit in “Astro-loungers” when they appear to be standard vinyl incontinence resistant discount recliners.

The new suits sound rather interesting, much lighter and more flexible than recent designs and closer to Gemini era suits with more use of fabrics and fewer hard services.
 
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This is big for Boeing they really need this to go right
 
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1 hour left until launch
 
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And scrubbed.
 
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Speedy or x-33?
 
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Wasn't able to tell. I'd put my money on X-33
 
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This is really not a good look for Boeing.
 
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This is really not a good look for Boeing.
Not just Boeing, it makes the current space enterprise look weak. Stuff we routinely did over 55 years ago with a lot less technology now seem too challenging for us. The loss of institutional knowledge has been overly severe.
 
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"Given the fact that the spacecraft has never flown with people on board, the teams from NASA and Boeing have said repeatedly that they would proceed with caution and would not attempt to fly the mission until they felt they could do so safely."
-washingtonpost.com

You could say that NASA learned their lessons well from past experiences.
 
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Not just Boeing, it makes the current space enterprise look weak. Stuff we routinely did over 55 years ago with a lot less technology now seem too challenging for us. The loss of institutional knowledge has been overly severe.
Alot more explosions. Also you’re looking at Human rated. They launched 7 unmanned Apollo missions before 11 made it to the moon. More then a few pre Apollo on Saturn rockets as well.

They are moving faster in many ways.
 
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35 mins until launch, hopefully no issues this time, the crew is bolted in and ready to go.

 
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10 minutes until launch, nothing has fallen off thus far.
 
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Launch successful, 5 mins in!
 
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