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teft to Spaceflight@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 9 months ago

NASA decides to keep 2 astronauts in space until February, nixes return on troubled Boeing capsule

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NASA decides to keep 2 astronauts in space until February, nixes return on troubled Boeing capsule

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teft to Spaceflight@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 9 months ago
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NASA has decided it’s too risky to bring two astronauts back to Earth in Boeing’s troubled new capsule. They’ll have to wait until February for a ride home with SpaceX.
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    only for starliner as far as i know, every other boeing thing is cost plus

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      finally NASA making decent financial decisions

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        they really dodged the bullet with this one

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          Yep, it only took 50 years of lessons with the same contractors to learn it am I right?

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      Starliner and Crew Dragon both, if we’re talking manned space capsules.

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        crew dragon isn’t Boeing is it

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          No, but it is fixed-price, which I think is what @[email protected] was getting at.

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