An expert explains what went wrong

On June 5, two NASA astronauts launched into space to test Boeing’s new CST-100 Starliner spacecraft. They were scheduled to return to Earth on June 14, but have not yet done so. Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita “Suni” Williams were forced to remain on the International Space Station (ISS) orbits the Earth at a distance of about 400 kilometers from its capsule. various technical problems arose that they decide that your return is completely safe. They have reported, as Miki Nadal claims in this video, that “nobody is in danger.”

With this in mind, Sapeando contacts a physicist and popularizer of astronomy. David Vincentwhich resolves all doubts about what is happening.”What’s stopping you from bringing back Starliner? Is it for long?“, Question Dani Mateo“They want to make sure there is no malfunction or any possibility of error on the ship,” he replies, adding that it is not like “a warning light comes on in a car” because “when they turn on something, “It’s a matter of life and death.”.

“What didn’t work out, apparently, These are security control systems. “third barrier in case of engine failure,” he says. That’s why “they want to play it safe.” They are also “running tests on the ground with other capsules that have the same thing to see if they can fix it. In the meantime, they coexist with other satellites on the space station,” he says.