Did Starliner Suffer Thruster Problems?

[Waspie_Dwarf]

Starliner’s thruster performance receiving close scrutiny from NASA

“Many of the elements of the propulsion system were overstressed.”

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Nearly one month ago, Boeing completed the first orbital test flight of its Starliner spacecraft with a near-perfect landing at White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico.

The mission had to be cut short due to a well-publicized timing error that delayed the spacecraft's service module from performing an orbital insertion burn. This caused the thrusters on board the service module, which provides power to Starliner during most of its mission, to fire longer than expected. As a result, the spacecraft did not have enough fuel to complete a rendezvous with the International Space Station, a key component of the test flight in advance of crewed missions.

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[Jon the frog]

Sad if they have big problems... i'm want this program to work fine, so many launcher project cut short.

[Waspie_Dwarf]

2 minutes ago, Jon the frog said:

Sad if they have big problems...

Clearly they do have problems, the Starliner failed to reach the ISS, but even if there was under performance in the thrusters these problem are unlikely to be insurmountable, The big question for NASA is whether to have another uncrewed test flight, further delaying the Starliner from entering service or whether to proceed with a crew onboard the next flight.

3 minutes ago, Jon the frog said:

i'm want this program to work fine

The programme is not just reliant on the Starliner, it also involves SpaceX ans the Crew Dragon, Despite having their own problems (blowing a capsule up in a test of the abort system and problems with the parachutes) they are now back on track and should launch astronauts in the next few months.

9 minutes ago, Jon the frog said:

so many launcher project cut short.

This is not a launcher project. The launch vehicle is the tried, tested and very reliable Atlas V. This is a project to develop a craft that can ferry astronauts to, and from the ISS from US soil. There is zero chance of cancellation of the programme as that would lead to the abandonment of the ISS.

[Jon the frog]

10 minutes ago, Waspie_Dwarf said:

This is not a launcher project. The launch vehicle is the tried, tested and very reliable Atlas V. This is a project to develop a craft that can ferry astronauts to, and from the ISS from US soil. There is zero chance of cancellation of the programme as that would lead to the abandonment of the ISS.

Well, this launcher is trusted to launch unnamed payload... sure that he have a number of other goodies for manned launch. If they don't trust it, in the end they will need to go with spaceX until they resolve the problem. Relying on multiple system is a lot better than only one. Good that they worked on multiple path but still, they need to sort this out or they will launch the Starliner spacecraft with another rocket ? 

Edited January 23, 2020 by Jon the frog