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> I mean, a few month delay on a brand new space vehicle isn't "OMG, Boeing failed!" > But even that is not enough: Ars doubles down, and now NASA's refusal to
by briffle 3y ago
> I mean, a few month delay on a brand new space vehicle isn't "OMG, Boeing failed!"
> But even that is not enough: Ars doubles down, and now NASA's refusal to provide a concrete updated launch date means not only is it "[slipping] into 2024", but apparently almost to 2025:
A few month delay? It was originally supposed to fly in 2017. with Crews in 2020.
- FireBeyond 3y agoAnd SpaceX Crew-1 was originally supposed to fly in November 2016, and was then delayed a year, and then another two years, and then another year, finally flying in November 2020.
- tekla 3y agoIt was delayed the same amount of time as Starliner initially. Now Dragon is operational, and Starliner still isn't done with the final design/assembly of it.