Cape Canaveral, FLA. (AP) -NASA's famous astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams said on Monday that they partially hold themselves responsible for what went wrong in their Space sprint marathon and would fly on Boeing's Starliner again.
SpaceX recently fulfilled the duo house after more than nine months at the international space station, which filled for Boeing who returned to earth without them last year.
In their first press conference since he came home, the couple said they were surprised by all interest and insisted that they only did their work and placed the mission for themselves and even their families.
Wilmore is not shy to accept part of the debt for Boeing's bunning test flight.
“I will start and point my finger and I will blame myself. I could have asked some questions and the answers to those questions could have changed the tide,” he said reporters. “All the way up and down through the chain. We are all responsible. We all have this.”
Both astronauts said they would be held in Starliner again. “Because we will solve all the problems we have encountered. We are going to solve it. We are going to let it work,” Wilmore said.
Williams noted that Starliner has “many capacities” and that she wants to see it succeed.
The old astronauts and retired naval captains eventually released 286 days in space – 278 days more than planned when they fled on Boeing's first astronaut on 5 June. The test pilots had to intervene to reach the Starliner capsule to reach the space station, while thrusten failed and helium leak.
Their space station remains extensive as engineers debated about how to proceed. NASA eventually assessed Starliner too dangerous to bring Wilmore and Williams back and transferred them to SpaceX. But the launch of their replacements was stuck and extended their mission after nine months.
President Donald Trump insisted on SpaceX's Elon Musk to hurry up things and add politically to the permanent astronauts. The driveling drama finally ended on March 18 with a flawless Splashdown by SpaceX for the Florida Panhandle.
NASA said that engineers still do not understand why Starliner's Thrusters functioned poorly; More tests are planned in the summer. If engineers can find out the problems and leakage problems, “Starliner is ready to go,” said Wilmore.
The space agency may need another test flight – with load – before astronauts can climb on board. That Redo could come at the end of the year.
Despite the Rocky Road of Starliner, NASA officials said they support the decision years ago to have two competing American companies that provide TaxiService to and to the space station. But time is running out: the space station will be abandoned in five years and replaced by private laboratories in a job.
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