Boeing’s Starliner mission is coming back to Earth — empty. After months of data analysis and internal deliberation, NASA leadership announced today that Starliner will be coming back to Earth in September, without a crew.
Boeing’s Starliner mission is coming back to Earth — empty. After months of data analysis and internal deliberation, NASA leadership announced today that Starliner will be coming back to Earth in September, without a crew.
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Subtracty@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 1y
I can not imagine being one of the engineers that has to make big decisions like this. Glad they are being cautious, and I hope those astronauts are enjoying their unexpected space sabatical as much as that is possible.
BossDj@lemm.ee · 8 pts · 1y
This is the real deal. I'm so, so glad they're trying to be 100% safe rather than save face or money.
BossDj@lemm.ee · 11 pts · 1y
We got ourselves a Mark Watney situation here. Time to grow some shit potatoes
kippinitreal@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
Is this common (extended stays in orbit) or is this another Boeing failure?
BrikoX@lemmy.zip · 11 pts · 1y
Very uncommon. Original plan was less than 14 days, and now it got extended to 8-12 months. Though astronauts seems to be happy as they get to do some spacewalks while stuck at ISS. But it's bad news for Boeing. They had a fixed contract of 4.2 billion and had to pay additional 1.5 billion out of pocket and now their reputation is shot.
SupraMario@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
It's going to be even worse, if this thing burns up on re-entry.
Mathazzar@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Boeing failure. They were supposed to return long ago.