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Starliner’s flight to the space station was far wilder than most of us thought

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[–] [email protected] 60 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

This article is worth the read. Starliner was in an extremely precarious situation that we didn't previously know about.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Boeing: "Uhh. Not sure why those thrusters failed, but let's ship some astronauts." 🧐 Seems like further mission testing with a planned vehicle recovery mission was necessary before sending up astronauts. I imagine the cost would've been great, but that's aerospace. Every skipped check is likely to be paid for in lives lost.

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