Eight weeks after the Starliner spacecraft launched, NASA is still looking for possible answers to its technical issues—including the possibility of SpaceX lending a hand.
The astronauts took off in that machine after the Boeing airplane fiascoes went mainstream. What was going through their heads? Why did they think this time would be OK when it’s that much riskier than ordinary plane flights?
I would love to hear their interviews after they return safely, somehow, in the future.
I’m not going to defend Boeing in any way, but is it a bit reductive to say their commercial plane parts have quality problems, therefore their NASA stuff will too?
Boeing is going to kill our astronauts. Enough of this.
The astronauts took off in that machine after the Boeing airplane fiascoes went mainstream. What was going through their heads? Why did they think this time would be OK when it’s that much riskier than ordinary plane flights?
I would love to hear their interviews after they return safely, somehow, in the future.
I’m not going to defend Boeing in any way, but is it a bit reductive to say their commercial plane parts have quality problems, therefore their NASA stuff will too?
Their space capsule and rocket tests had issues too
Not only that, but they kept finding leaks on the rocket leading up to launch
I imagine you don’t become an astronaut by being scared of potential failures.