The Starliner capsule has begun making strange noises, as of yet unknown cause

[thewayne]

The noise is described as like a sonar ping. Clearly it has reverted to P-3C Orion mode and is hunting for Nazi submarines from a better vantage point. What it's going to attack with if it finds any, I'm not sure.

The cause is most likely benign, however, with Boing these days, you can't be too careful. Spacecraft have a history of odd, benign noises. From the article: "Astronauts notice such oddities in space from time to time. For example, during China's first human spaceflight int 2003, astronaut Yang Liwei said he heard what sounded like an iron bucket being knocked by a wooden hammer while in orbit. Later, scientists realized the noise was due to small deformations in the spacecraft due to a difference in pressure between its inner and outer walls."

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

Comments

[kathmandu]

So the time for a new spacecraft to turn into an old house is a matter of days? ;)

[thewayne]

Kinda seems like it, doesn't it?

[silveradept]

I believe that's the sound of a spacecraft pouting because it's injured and we're not letting it do what it wants to do.

[thewayne]

Now that could well be!

[disneydream06]

Cue the Twilight Zone music. :o :o :o
Hugs, Jon

[thewayne]

Heh!  Where's Burgess Meredith when we need him?

[disneydream06]

Laughing at us from some where. LOL.......

[murakozi]

Obviously, the capsule is haunted.