"We've learned that our helium system is not performing as designed," Mark Nappi, Boeing's Starliner program manager, said at a news conference on June 18. "Alb

"We've learned that our helium system is not performing as designed," Mark Nappi, Boeing's Starliner program manager, said at a news conference on June 18. "Albeit manageable, it's still not working like we designed it. So we've got to go figure that out." That's the first I read of someone in charge admitting that the delays are due to these failed components. Everything up to now has been "oh, NASA is giving us bonus time so we can do more extensive, general testing of its capabilities."