The Starliner spacecraft has started to emit strange noises

[OnlinePoker]

Source: Ars Technica

On Saturday NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore noticed some strange noises emanating from a speaker inside the Starliner spacecraft.

"I've got a question about Starliner," Wilmore radioed down to Mission Control, at Johnson Space Center in Houston. "There's a strange noise coming through the speaker ... I don't know what's making it."

Wilmore said he was not sure if there was some oddity in the connection between the station and the spacecraft causing the noise, or something else. He asked the flight controllers in Houston to see if they could listen to the audio inside the spacecraft. A few minutes later, Mission Control radioed back that they were linked via "hardline" to listen to audio inside Starliner, which has now been docked to the International Space Station for nearly three months.

Read more: https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/09/starliners-speaker-began-emitting-strange-sonar-noises-on-saturday/

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The audio file is in the article. What the hell is going on with this craft? It seems like every other day there's something odd going on.

[Lovie777]

1. Aliens!..........................

[OnlinePoker]

2. It does kind of sound like the alien signal from the movie "Contact". n/t

[JoseBalow]

20. Aliens!

[EastBayGuy]

21. Love that guy, right out of Babylon 5

[joanbarnes]

3. HAL!

[Arne]

4. This capsule keeps saying "Don't come in here"

[Wonder Why]

5. Translation of noises: "Please don't release me! I don't want to die in space!"

[MistakenLamb]

6. they werent d-e-c-C-G by chance?

[ms liberty]

33. When the music training kicks in...

I heard that

[GB_RN]

14. "In Space..."

“No one can hear you scream.” 😁

[Wonder Why]

34. Try it sometime. We'll be listening. It's like the witches of old who were dunked in the water. 😁 If you die and

we didn't hear you, we'll admit you were right. If we hear you, you'll still die but you would deserve it because you lied.

[markodochartaigh]

49. It's been half a century ago, but

I remember seeing a great documentary on how to tell if someone was a witch without using water. The logic was very detailed and a bit difficult to follow, but basically if the person weighed the same as a duck they were a witch.

[multigraincracker]

7. Try unplugging it and plugging it back in.

Always works for me.

[lamp_shade]

8. Ctl Alt Del

[Think. Again.]

9. Does the "heartbeat rule" apply to aborting space missions?

[SWBTATTReg]

10. Just pound on the console a little bit...that always works for me when my TV acts up (ha ha heh)...

[VMA131Marine]

11. I'm not saying...

[Skittles]

12. *SNORT*

[ArkansasDemocrat1]

13. The best thing for all concerned is to release the thing

And for them to lose the contract until they straighten up. The difficulties are emblematic of the problems at McDonnel-Boeing.

[Talitha]

15. The ghost of Major Tom...

[LetMyPeopleVote]

16. Boeing's space program appears to be flopping

[hlthe2b]

17. Maybe "someone/something" is trying to warn them off taking Elon's Space-X back...

[keithbvadu2]

18. It's a song.

[Kid Berwyn]

19. Sounds like a semi-regular "wump-wump-wump!"

Possible trouble stirring the LOX tanks? Just remembering Apollo13.

[sakabatou]

24. There is only one "wump-wump" I know of...

[tom_kelly]

22. Did they check the fencer valve? n/t

[sakabatou]

23. Please tell me the Starliner didn't start singing "Daisy"

[Tikki]

25. Maybe it's the sound of the stem bolts finally sealing.

Tikki

[displacedvermoter]

28. O- Ring

[bullimiami]

26. "I can't do that Dave..."

[Lovie777]

31. LOL........

👽

[FullySupportDems]

27. It sounds like they're being pinged

Pings In Space?

[marble falls]

29. Whatever it was, it was built by the lowest bidder.

[marble falls]

30. Voices in the sky ...

?si=mnDuUNs_pyx82vwk

[toesonthenose]

32. I nominate felon to fly up there, board it and investigate. They can test fly him back...

[blue neen]

36. Now that is an excellent suggestion!

Oh, wouldn't it be wonderful?

[dickthegrouch]

39. He's such a genius

He’ll fix it in minutes and charge us for the privilege.

On second thoughts offer to drop all his charges if he’ll go up and fix it. Proof is in the pudding. He must fly down in the fixed craft.

[WarGamer]

35. 2024 Boeing Starliner MAX coming to an atmosphere near you.

Send up SpaceX to rescue them before the damn Boeing implodes.

[GreenWave]

37. Here are some actual non-earthly noises we can detect

Jupiter:

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Sounds+of+Jupiter&t=newext&atb=v443-1&iax=videos&ia=videos&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DbabAFRnC2Dc

Saturn:
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Sounds+of+Saturn&t=newext&atb=v443-1&iar=videos&iax=videos&ia=videos&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DSh2-P8hG5-E

[LudwigPastorius]

38. Starting to think that thruster valve didn't break on its own.

[Ford_Prefect]

40. Could it be that missing technician from final assembly?

[moniss]

41. Maybe if they listen real close the audio speakers in Starliner

are on a loop cycle faintly saying "bankruptcy".

[LunaSea]

42. Of course it's not aliens...

Spacecraft is haunted.
That happens sometimes.


You'll hear all about haunted spaceships on an upcoming History Channel special!

[Tikki]

43. Maybe the ship's flux capacitor is going nova.

Tikki

[Renew Deal]

44. In the movies, that would be a countdown timer

[Sneederbunk]

45. Another Boeing anomaly?

[Aussie105]

46. Be safe up there people!

Seriously!

[DetlefK]

47. Something is broken bc Boeing has been cutting corners again.

The new management for Boeing has in recent years famously prioritized cheap manufacturing over the quality of the product.

ALL HAIL SHAREHOLDER VALUE!!!
MAY IT FOREVER BE MAXIMIZED!!!

[denbot]

48. My god, it's full of

?download

[muriel_volestrangler]

50. Someone left a door open???

In which case, the response has to be "close the pod bay doors, HAL".

[Stargazer99]

51. This is a perfect example CAPITALISM is a failure-quality sacrificed for profit

just how well trained are the common man-don't critically think about the cause of the mess caused by profit and quality. We have had example after example of products maiming and or killing its users because safety costs profits to loose, but who cares anyway the common man will put up with it because he is too well trained to even think about it

[newdayneeded]

52. Why am i thinking the alien contact

jingle on close encounters of the 3rd kind.