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Raze that company to the ground. They’re done for. Thanks again Wall St investor scumbags.
They're going to end up having to walk down.
It's only a couple hundred miles, shouldn't take more than a week.
Lmao they should try asking nicely to borrow a Soyuz!
So is the issue getting them home or is it using the Starliner? Couldn’t they send them back on SpaceX and then dump the Starliner to burn up in Atmosphere or a controlled crash in the ocean? Why are they tying the two together?
Because the starliner has yet to have a successful launch with payload.
That didn’t answer my question though. There is a chance of issue with sending them back on the Starliner. Last thing Boeing wants is another Challenger incident. So ditch the Starliner for the sake of the crew.
Also political considerations. If Boeing fails to bring the astronauts home then there will be likely many many test that need to be passed before they get another crewed mission contract. They are already +$1B in the hole because of past problems. It might be that they could not afford to continue with their space program. A loss for Boeing, a loss for NASA diversity.
Logically just burning up the capsule makes sense but the fall out likely has multi multi billions of dollars in the balance.
I just hope they’re not going to gamble with the astronauts lives in the process. Oh, who am I kidding, it’s Boeing, of course they are.
You are misunderstanding, NASA will do exactly as you said if they need to. But they are a science and RnD organization, so they are focused on working on and attempting to resolve the problems that starliner has.
When they are satisfied with the data they have collected from the craft they will make a decision on how to return the crew and dispose of starliner.
this post was submitted on 07 Aug 2024
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