NASA의 승무원 임무와 우주 탐험의 미래

### 우주비행사 귀환을 위한 NASA의 백업 계획과 중국의 위성 별자리 야망
* 🚀 NASA는 현재 국제우주정거장에 체류 중인 두 명의 우주비행사의 귀환을 위한 예비 계획을 준비하고 있으며, **9월에 승무원 임무가 예정**되어 있고 **2025년 2월에 귀환할 가능성**이 있습니다.
* 🛰 ️ 글로벌 지정학적 불확실성으로 인해 **백업 계획은 매우 중요**하며, 이 옵션이 있다는 것은 상당한 이점으로 간주됩니다.
* 👩 보잉과 SpaceX 모두 우주 임무에서 인간의 안전을 최우선시며, **NASA는 최종 책임자로서 결정을 감독**하고 승인합니다.
* 🔧 NASA는 현재 **보잉의 스타라이너 또는 SpaceX의 크루 드래곤 중 최적의 귀환 옵션**을 결정하기 위해 최근 추진기 테스트의 데이터를 분석하고 있습니다.
* 💼 보잉의 스타라이너 프로젝트는 **비용 초과와 지연**에 직면해 있으며, 이 프로그램에 대한 대중의 신뢰를 회복하는 것이 중요한 과제입니다.
* 🇨🇳 스페이스엑스의 스타링크와 유사한 **중국의 인공위성 계획**도 업계에서 화제가 되고 있습니다.
* 🛰 ️ SpaceX의 스타링크 별자리의 존재는 **미국이 전파 천문학, 궤도 쓰레기, 우주 지속 가능성과 같은 문제**를 해결하면서 중국 위성 별자리와의 잠재적 경쟁에 더 잘 대비할 수 있도록 도와주었습니다.
* 🌌 이러한 준비에도 불구하고 우주 분야의 경쟁 환경은 여전히 **역동적**이며, 지속적인 경계와 계획이 필요합니다.

보잉과 SpaceX는 NASA와 협력하여 사람의 안전을 우선시하고 향후 승무원 임무에 대한 안전 및 성능 데이터를 기반으로 의사 결정을 내리고 있습니다.

The extension of that plan is that there
is a crew mission going up in September. We've space X, and there may be the two
astronauts currently on. It could hitch a ride back February of
2025, which seems a really long time away.
Just your reaction to where we are right now that a backup plan is needed.
You know, the great thing about this backup plan is that we have it because
if we didn't, then I think that there would be when especially when you look
at the global geopolitical environment. I think that we would have a much harder
time. We didn't have this option.
So it's great that we have this option. I think that's the first and most
important thing. And it's important that America has two
options to very human safely to space. What I do see also is massive Boeing and
SpaceX X prioritizing human safety first, as they should.
So that's equally important.

There is reporting out there about NASA
officials or teams within NASA's sort of not being 100% aligned on what the best
plan was to do. As best you can, just help our audience
understand how NASA's works. You know, now in this era of space, we
have commercial partners, you know, leading the activity.
But NASA's still has a central role. Absolutely.
Well, the astronauts are now the employees.
They are NASA astronauts. And these companies have contracts with
NASA. So NASA has a responsibility to review
and authorize decisions because at the end of the day, the buck stops with
them. And so if you step back a few weeks ago,
there was a test that was consulted. And what there are about 26 of the 27
jets that were fired. And the goal was to ensure that these
thrusters were working properly and were meeting performance requirements.
And now the team is going back and analyzing that data.
So there are two reasons.

But that can really go either way. One could say, well, you know, we've analyzed the data and we think that this Boeing aircraft can come back with the astronauts or without the astronauts. And then there is another reasoning, which is that. Space X is really the way to go. So either way, what you see within the agency is that there there are people and this is good when you have disagreement and now they have a bit more time given the space mission that's going up in September to analyze the data further. And then they will make a decision based on the performance of the thrusters, the performance of this helium leak that they are monitoring. And they will make a call mid-August based on all the information they have available. And they will obviously make a decision that includes the prioritizes human safety first, that prioritizes a safe landing. And yes, that also builds confidence in

in the system.
Well, that's what I want to ask about as an eight, because we just showed the
chart of Boeing spending on the Starliner Project, and it's been well
reported, the cost overruns, the delays. How to your mind, to Nasser and Boeing
as partners now go back out and bring public confidence in the program going
forward when it works.
And that's what that's the point. We're trying to get to a point where it
will work, and there is confidence that's built in the system so that it can vary
humans, and then the public will have confidence in the system. But we have
to get it to work first. And which is why the analysis of these
firing tests that were conducted recently have to be completed, but that
Nasser will not will not make a decision until they have conducted a
thorough analysis and believe now that the data provided news them in one
direction or another.

As an aide, also a senior fellow at the
Harvard Belfer Center. The other big piece of talk right now in
the industry is China and its satellite constellation ambitions.
Might they do something similar to StarLink?
And if they were, too, how does that work?
The competition for space, the proximity of a US-Russian constellation to a
Chinese constellation. Your thoughts on that, isn't it?
You know what is great about this question. And the scenario is that we are
already living it before the space X constellation went up.
We had smaller constellations, but we still had constellations in space.
And then a mega constellation was put up by a US commercial company which gave us
the leverage to understand and to plan for what it would look like if a
strategic competitor, in this case, a nation like China, put up constellations
of their own. So through the constellation that we
have up there put up by Space X, we have

been able to have discussions and even remediations to radio astronomy issues to night sky issues based on what the satellites can see, or what they prevent us from seeing from here on earth. We have had conversations about orbital debris, which is, you know, the amount of junk that is locked in space. Now, we've had conversations about space sustainability and figure it out policy and engineering solutions to all of these issues. And so I think that we are actually in a better place as the United States to prepare the best we can for this constellation, because we have an example up there today. If we didn't, then I think we would be in a completely different place. However, that doesn't mean that we can plan quietly, as you say, but what will happen?

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