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https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/15/nasa_starliner_decision_end_august/

NASA pushes decision on bringing crew back in Starliner to the end of August

NASA has continued to twist itself into a pretzel over whether Boeing's
CST-100 Starliner – now two months past its original return date
can be used to bring back its crew to Earth and whether a failure to do
so would be classed as a mishap. Because it’s all about the optics.

The briefing, which did not feature any Boeing’s pathetic personnel,
hinted at the turmoil behind the scenes at the US space agency
as staffers grapple with the problem of Starliner's problematic thrusters
amid the knowledge that a proven and operational spacecraft,
in the form of the Space X Crew Dragon, could be pressed into service.

The question for engineers and managers is which option would pose
less risk for the crew.

The wrangling means a decision on the transport method that the
Starliner crew, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, will take for their
trip back to Earth has been delayed once again, likely to the week
after next.
The question is, do we risk their lives so that we might look competent?

NASA is about to make it’s most important safety decision in nearly a generation

https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/08/nasa-is-about-to-make-its-most-important-safety-decision-in-nearly-a-generation/

Three Starliner mission managers had key roles on Columbia's ill-fated
final flight. The one that earned NASA the moniker,
“Need Another Seven Astronauts”

Now, NASA officials aren't sure Starliner is safe enough to bring the astronauts home.

Three of the managers at the center of the pending decision,
Ken Bowersox and Steve Stich from NASA and Boeing's LeRoy Cain,
either had key roles in the ill-fated final flight of Space Shuttle Columbia
in 2003 or felt the consequences of the accident.
Accident My A$$, it was incompetence, hubris with a cowboy attitude.

At that time, officials misjudged the risk.
Seven astronauts dіed, and the Space Shuttle Columbia was destroyed
as it reentered the atmosphere over Texas.

Stich and Cain were NASA flight directors in 2003,
and they remain well-respected in human spaceflight circles.
Stich is now the manager of NASA's commercial crew program,
And Cain is now a Boeing employee and mission director of the
company's failed Starliner mission.
For the ongoing Starliner mission, Bowersox, Stich,
and Cain are in the decision-making chain.

How would you like to be a Boeing Ginny-Pіg stuck in space?

NASA, AKA, “Need Another Seven Astronauts” and Bombastic Boeing
are gгavely concerned about their public image as they mull over
their options.

Option 1, allow the crew to bսrn-up in the Boeing Urn, while extolling
their bravery, commitment and sacrifice.

Option 2, Let the Urn bսrn-up on re-entry while empty
(and waste of a perfectly good tragedy)

Option 3, Let Space X rescue the astronauts, humiliating Boeing and NASA

https://www.manufacturing.net/aerospace/news/22917147/growing-chances-that-astronauts-will-need-to-switch-from-boeing-to-spacex-to-get-back-to-earth

https://futurism.com/the-byte/boeing-starliner-push-back-spacex-astronaut-launch

Space Wreck:
Boeing's first crewed Starliner mission to the International Space Station
has turned out to be a complete disaster, showcasing Boeing incompetence
as well as the companies depraved indifference to human life.

Now it turns out that the massively extended mission could have knock-on effects for other upcoming launches to the ISS.
According to Ars Technica's insider sources, NASA is now planning to
push back its upcoming Crew-9 mission from August 18 to September 24,
a considerable delay.

The SpaceX Crew Dragon mission is currently scheduled to carry a crew of three NASA astronauts and one Rocosmos astronaut to the space station.
But if Starliner ends up returning to Earth without any crew on board,
NASA may send up the SpaceX spacecraft with just two astronauts to
make space for Williams and Wilmore's return flight.

While NASA has yet to publicly comment on their culpability in Boeing’s
criminal actions, the agency is expected to make its decision public this week
things aren't looking good for Boeing's Starliner, a capsule that had already seen years of delays, cost overruns, and major technical difficulties even before it got stranded on the station.

Naw, Boeing will burn and smoke these astronauts just like their 737MAX flyers.

NASA reviews Boeing’s Starliner Debackel

https://www.devx.com/news/nasa-reviews-starliners-return-readiness-progress/

If the spacecraft is deemed unsafe to return Williams and Wilmore, NASA Commercial Crew Program manager Steve Stich noted there are backup contingencies in place, thanks to SpaceX’s Dragon Crew Capsule program.
Both Stich and Nappi have previously noted that Starliner has been approved for use as an emergency return vehicle, should an unforeseen event at the space station lead to the need for an evacuation.
In such a scenario a 20% chance of survival is better than cretin dҽath.
The primary option is for Williams and Wilmore who will be “Voluntold” to return on the Boeing capsule, risking their very lives rather than embarraѕs Boeing, by having Space X with a proven spacecraft bring them home safely

Sell the offices - 100% work from home.

It only took SpaceX less than 2 weeks after their recent Falcon 9 second stage issue to identify issue, remedy issue, receive FAA/NASA launch approval and successfully get back to their full launch cadence again.

In about 2 from now, SpaceX will launch Starship again. Once fully operation, Starship will put the nail in the coffin for every other Space competitor.

Looking forward to seeing how much more money Boeing lost last quarter.

Should jettison that piece of Boeing space junk already, and then bring over a working SpaceX vehicle to take the astronauts back home safely!

https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/07/nasa-nears-decision-on-what-to-do-with-boeings-troubled-starliner-spacecraft/

NASA nears decision on what to do with Boeing’s troubled
and laughable Starliner spacecraft.

The astronauts who rode Boeing's pitiful excuse of a spacecraft
Called, get this, Starliner, to the International Space Station last month and still don't know when they will be able to return to Earth.

Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have been in space for 51 days,
Plenty of time to consider how lucky they are to be alive, and how foolish
they were to fly with Boeing. Adding to that, they have now spent six weeks
longer than originally planned, as engineers on the ground work through problems with Starliner's absurdly mediocre propulsion system.

The problems are twofold.
The spacecraft was designed by Clowns and supervised Monkeys,
this has been identified as the root cause.
In addition The spacecraft's reaction control thrusters overheated,
and some of them shut off as Starliner approached the space station June 6.
Nearly taking-out the space station
A separate, although perhaps related, problem involves helium leaks in
the craft's propulsion system, that were well documented before NASA and
Boeing committed to launching their ludicrously absurd spacecraft.
Placing not only the lives of the astronauts in jeopardy but all those onboard
the space station as well. All in an effort to showcase their competency.
This has not worked-out, as the world is still looking for some sign,
and indeed any sign of Intelligence at Boeing or NASA.

After emerging from their smoked filled dгug den On Thursday,
NASA and Boeing Monkeys said they still plan
to bring Wilmore and Williams home on the Starliner spacecraft.

In the last few weeks, ground teams completed testing of a thruster
on a “test stand” at White Sands, New Mexico.
This weekend, Boeing and NASA plan to fire the spacecraft's thrusters in
orbit to check their performance while docked at the space station.
While all the MBA’s gave assurances, it would not create a conflagration.

“I think we’re starting to close in on those final pieces of flight rationale
to make sure that we can come home safely, and that’s our primary focus right now," Not Safty, Stich said.

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Stick a space fork in it. I think it’s done.

Using SpaceX as a backup? LOL! NASA never had a primary!
Useless Boeing is going boing, boing, boing, bo-g!