Boeing Starliner upcoming launch, first w/crew

[floobydust]

"Starliner Crew Flight Test will launch on a week long mission to the ISS from Space Launch Complex 41 of the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on May 6. Liftoff is set for 10:34 p.m. EDT (0234 May 7 GMT), with landing set for a week later in the southwestern U.S."
https://www.space.com/news/live/boeing-starliner-live-updates
"...a $4.2 billion fixed-priced contract with NASA." OUCH for that dinky thing.

Place your bets. I think Boeing has long lost its mojo.

[JustMeHere]

Scrubbed.

O2 valve not working well on 2nd stage. 

[Neilm]

Scrubbed.

O2 valve not working well on 2nd stage.

For those that don't follow spaceflight that closely - that is an issue with the Atlas rocket not the Starliner

[CatalinaWOW]

And for those with short memories think of all the scoffing when SpaceX got a competing contract.  All the industry experts were saying that the huge advantage given by Boeing's history and expertise in spacecraft would result in a better product and earlier, making the SpaceX contract a waste of money.

[temperance]

https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/what-is-this-8-knobbed-ibm-human-interface-device-in-a-1980s-boeing-photo/msg5488525/#msg5488525

Rumor has it that the knobs are operated by house DJ's also featured on tomorrorland.