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NASA decides to keep 2 astronauts in space until February, nixes return on troubled Boeing capsule (apnews.com)

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 8 months ago (19 children)

Welp, that's that. I wonder how this will affect future flights. Will NASA require an extra test flight prior to Crew-1? If so, Boeing will be one rocket short, as all of the Atlas Vs have already been allocated.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago (18 children)

No way Starliner flies again. This whole thing has been a gigantic fiasco from day one. I hope they pull the plug and spend the money on programs with a future.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 8 months ago (8 children)

I disagree, they have so much time and money investment into starliner, it has to fly again. They can't throw out 15 years of development.

[–] ramchak 13 points 8 months ago

They definitely should throw away 15 years worth of development if they are unable to deliver. Any more money spent would be wasted

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