I'm all for giving BA constructive critique when they deserve it, but I also believe in being fair. The Dragon capsule is not manually driven by an astronaut: it is driven by the computer. The computer can make calculated and minuscule changes in direction that a human cannot. I don't know which starliner astronaut Butch or Suni was driving the capsule, but they were driving like they stole it, in my opinion. They overheated the propulsion system by driving the capsule like a video game joystick.
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This was not an opportunity! This was a tragic mishap. They are lucky to be alive. The propaganda being produced as if it never was a problem is pure bull.
the opportunity to be in space is part of the currency for their jobs. there are people who would be astronauts for much less pay for the opportunity to be in space and in the history books. not everything is about the $.
they probably should sue them