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OnlinePoker

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Sun Sep 1, 2024, 03:40 PM Sep 2024

The Starliner spacecraft has started to emit strange noises [View all]

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/



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.
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Aliens!.......................... Lovie777 Sep 2024 #1
It does kind of sound like the alien signal from the movie "Contact". n/t OnlinePoker Sep 2024 #2
Aliens! JoseBalow Sep 2024 #20
Love that guy, right out of Babylon 5 EastBayGuy Sep 2024 #21
HAL! joanbarnes Sep 2024 #3
This capsule keeps saying "Don't come in here" Arne Sep 2024 #4
Translation of noises: "Please don't release me! I don't want to die in space!" Wonder Why Sep 2024 #5
they werent d-e-c-C-G by chance? MistakenLamb Sep 2024 #6
When the music training kicks in... ms liberty Sep 2024 #33
"In Space..." GB_RN Sep 2024 #14
Try it sometime. We'll be listening. It's like the witches of old who were dunked in the water. 😁 If you die and Wonder Why Sep 2024 #34
It's been half a century ago, but markodochartaigh Sep 2024 #49
Try unplugging it and plugging it back in. multigraincracker Sep 2024 #7
Ctl Alt Del lamp_shade Sep 2024 #8
Does the "heartbeat rule" apply to aborting space missions? Think. Again. Sep 2024 #9
Just pound on the console a little bit...that always works for me when my TV acts up (ha ha heh)... SWBTATTReg Sep 2024 #10
I'm not saying... VMA131Marine Sep 2024 #11
*SNORT* Skittles Sep 2024 #12
The best thing for all concerned is to release the thing ArkansasDemocrat1 Sep 2024 #13
The ghost of Major Tom... Talitha Sep 2024 #15
Boeing's space program appears to be flopping LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2024 #16
Maybe "someone/something" is trying to warn them off taking Elon's Space-X back... hlthe2b Sep 2024 #17
It's a song. keithbvadu2 Sep 2024 #18
Sounds like a semi-regular "wump-wump-wump!" Kid Berwyn Sep 2024 #19
There is only one "wump-wump" I know of... sakabatou Sep 2024 #24
Did they check the fencer valve? n/t tom_kelly Sep 2024 #22
Please tell me the Starliner didn't start singing "Daisy" sakabatou Sep 2024 #23
Maybe it's the sound of the stem bolts finally sealing. Tikki Sep 2024 #25
O- Ring displacedvermoter Sep 2024 #28
"I can't do that Dave..." bullimiami Sep 2024 #26
LOL........ Lovie777 Sep 2024 #31
It sounds like they're being pinged FullySupportDems Sep 2024 #27
Whatever it was, it was built by the lowest bidder. marble falls Sep 2024 #29
Voices in the sky ... marble falls Sep 2024 #30
I nominate felon to fly up there, board it and investigate. They can test fly him back... toesonthenose Sep 2024 #32
Now that is an excellent suggestion! blue neen Sep 2024 #36
He's such a genius dickthegrouch Sep 2024 #39
2024 Boeing Starliner MAX coming to an atmosphere near you. WarGamer Sep 2024 #35
Here are some actual non-earthly noises we can detect GreenWave Sep 2024 #37
Starting to think that thruster valve didn't break on its own. LudwigPastorius Sep 2024 #38
Could it be that missing technician from final assembly? Ford_Prefect Sep 2024 #40
Maybe if they listen real close the audio speakers in Starliner moniss Sep 2024 #41
Of course it's not aliens... LunaSea Sep 2024 #42
Maybe the ship's flux capacitor is going nova. Tikki Sep 2024 #43
In the movies, that would be a countdown timer Renew Deal Sep 2024 #44
Another Boeing anomaly? Sneederbunk Sep 2024 #45
Be safe up there people! Aussie105 Sep 2024 #46
Something is broken bc Boeing has been cutting corners again. DetlefK Sep 2024 #47
My god, it's full of denbot Sep 2024 #48
Someone left a door open??? muriel_volestrangler Sep 2024 #50
This is a perfect example CAPITALISM is a failure-quality sacrificed for profit Stargazer99 Sep 2024 #51
Why am i thinking the alien contact newdayneeded Sep 2024 #52
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