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Starliner’s flight to the space station was far wilder than most of us thought (arstechnica.com)
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Starliner’s flight to the space station was far wilder than most of us thought

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[–] Ptsf@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months 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.