NASA Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have indicated Monday that They are considered partially responsible for what went wrong in their space career, but that they would still fly again in the Boeing Starliner. Spacex brought both back to Earth on March 18 after more than nine months at the International Space Station, replacing Boeing, who returned to Earth without them last year.
In their first press conference in Houston since they have returned home, astronauts have been surprised by the interest generated and have assured that they would get back to the Starliner. “Because we are going to rectify all the problems we find. Let’s fix it. We are going to make it work, “Wilmore said.
“I will start pointing with my finger and I will blame me. I could have asked some questions and the answers to those questions could have changed the shots, “Wilmore said.” All the way up and down the chain. We are all responsible, “he added.
The veterans astronauts and captains retired from the Navy 286 days were in space, 278 days more than expected when they took off in the first Boeing astronaut flight on June 5. The pilots had to intervene so that the Starliner capsule reached the space space, since the thrusters failed and a helium leak occurred.
His stay at the space station lasted while engineers discussed how to proceed. Finally, NASA considered that the Starliner was too dangerous to bring Wilmore and Williams back and transferred them to Spacex. But the launch stagnated, lengthening its mission beyond nine months.
According to NASA, The engineers still do not know why the Starliner thrusts failed. If engineers manage to solve the problems of the propellants and leaks, “Starliner would be ready to take off,” Wilmore said.
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