Boeing Spaceship has good news! Musk's Falcon 9 rocket went wrong.
Doubt, many people may be puzzled, how is it a good thing for Boeing that Musk's Falcon 9 has a problem? Indeed, these two are really related, why do you say that?
Let's take a look at the rocket launches in July, and then talk about the issue of Boeing and Falcon 9.
Magical July - There are so many rocket problems around the world
True, for July, rocket launches on a global scale are no longer the first to have problems, but "a bunch", at least 3 rocket launches have problems, this is open information.
The first and partial failure of the first flight of the new generation of European rocket Ariane 6 was carried out during the 7.10 period, the rocket carried out a number of small satellites and two return capsules, and as a result, the auxiliary propulsion unit (APU) of the upper stage of the rocket shut down abnormally just a few seconds after the third start, causing the rocket to deviate from orbit and two payloads failed to enter orbit.
Second, China's rocket, during the 7.11 period, the hyperbola-1 Yao-8 private commercial carrier rocket ignited and lifted off at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China, the rocket flew abnormally, and the flight test mission failed.
The third one, the Falcon 9 launch failure, was the launch during the 7.12 period, which was the launch of the Falcon 9 Starlink mission with 20 satellites.
According to the situation, the rocket went into space smoothly, but the rocket's second-stage engine failed, and the satellite was eventually deployed, but because the orbit was too low, it may not be able to enter the orbit.
Therefore, there is really a big problem in July around the world, and the mission failure of this rocket is a bit too much, although it is said that it is all "partial situation", but after all, the whole mission is not completely successful, it is really magical, too magical, I don't know how to describe the aerospace in July.
It is not known what exactly caused the Falcon 9 launch engine.
And after the mission, astronomer and astronaut Jonathan McDowell estimated that the launch put the upstage rocket into an initial transfer orbit ·of 138 x 295 kilometers before the second problem arose. When the engine anomalies occur during that brief combustion will determine the perigee of the satellites and thus whether they will be able to avoid immediate re-entry.
So, it is not clear what kind of results will appear in this batch of Starlink, and it is not clear what the outcome of the 20 satellites carried will be summarized later. However, according to foreign media reports, Musk's Falcon 9 launch failure this time will be good news for the Boeing spacecraft.
Foreign press: Falcon 9 will affect the launch of the Dragon spacecraft
Indeed, if it affects the launch of the Dragon spacecraft, this is a good thing for Boeing.
Anyone who knows about Boeing's first manned mission knows that Boeing is in a state of distress because it can't return after the spacecraft is launched.
Of course, there were problems before the launch of this spacecraft, but NASA and Boeing have also resisted, and as a result, after the launch, that is, when the "Starliner" approached the International Space Station, 5 of the 28 reaction control system thrusters in the service module were accidentally shut down, resulting in the "Starliner" being unable to dock at the interface.
Later, through emergency troubleshooting, four of the five faulty thrusters were repaired, and finally docked, and if they were not repaired, there could be a "space drift".
During the entire mission, in addition to propeller failures, there were 5 helium leaks and 1 propellant control valve malfunction. So, these problems are causing the Boeing spacecraft to be out of range.
Although the return is expected at the end of July under the new round of news, it is still impossible to give a definitive explanation, only that it is possible, and it will all depend on the results of the ground test data.
Therefore, NASA also gave a backup plan, that is, to find Musk, the Dragon spacecraft as an alternative, but the first return is the Boeing spacecraft.
However, there is a typical problem when the Boeing spacecraft docks with the ISS, that is, "the Boeing spacecraft cannot move", which has been stuck on the interface, which will definitely affect other spacecraft missions.
And this time the Falcon 9 problem happens to be a good thing for Boeing, because this anomaly also has an impact on manned spaceflight.
Falcon 9 was originally scheduled to launch a Crew Dragon spacecraft for the Polaris Dawn private astronaut mission at the end of July, followed by another Crew Dragon spacecraft in mid-August for the Crew-9 mission, which would send four astronauts to the International Space Station for a six-month mission.
No, the Falcon 9 had a problem, and Boeing had more time to study, but it was not friendly to the two Boeing astronauts, Barry· Wilmore and Suni · Williams, who were originally supposed to live on the space station for 8 days and then go home, but now the return home has become far away.
Therefore, under this launch mission, foreign media gave the question that Falcon 9 will affect the launch of the Dragon spacecraft, which means that it is a good thing for Boeing.
The Falcon 9 has a problem, the greater the impact on United States
That's right, United States originally wanted to engage in a "two-spacecraft" strategy, but now both have problems, due to delays and problems in the development of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft, NASA has been relying on SpaceX to enter the International Space Station, and as a result, SpaceX also has problems, which is also a blow to United States.
I really didn't expect to encounter such a situation, and the mission of the International Space Station Crew Dragon spacecraft may also be postponed, unless the problem is quickly solved, otherwise we will have to wait.
Of course, the International Space Station still has the Russian Soyuz spacecraft to use, if the Falcon 9 can't find a problem in the short term, it may only rely on the Russia to carry out, but the follow-up mission of the Dragon spacecraft is a "commercial" mission, so it can't be given, so the impact on the United States is great, and the head has to become bigger, a bunch of problems.
Of course, this time the Falcon 9 rocket had a second-level problem, which also surprised many people, which should not be a thing, but the specific reason for the appearance can only continue to wait, according to the situation pointed out by foreign media, it is an abnormal ice accumulation on the cover around the Merlin engine, which should not appear in the Falcon 9 launch.
So, this is the root of the problem, but on the whole, it doesn't seem to affect the performance of the rocket stage, which is worth affirming.
It depends on how to solve this problem in the future, and this is the general situation.
I have to say that the aerospace field in the past few days is really a bit outrageous, there are a lot of problems, and there are problems with the launch of major rockets, although they are all partial problems, but it is relatively rare for so many problems to occur in the short term.
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