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NASA wanted to understand if the malfunctioning thrusters could operate within a margin error for safety. Boeing spent a month running a study that produced non
by valine 2y ago
NASA wanted to understand if the malfunctioning thrusters could operate within a margin error for safety. Boeing spent a month running a study that produced non-definitive answer as to the root cause of the problem. Had Boeing definitively demonstrated the root cause of the thruster issue NASA probably would have sent the Astronauts home on Starliner. It’s not that NASA necessarily thought that Starliner was unsafe. It’s more like they lack confidence that Boeing actually understands the problem.
- indoordin0saur 2y agoJust seems weird they aren't getting picked up until February. Oh well, I guess from the astronauts' perspective this is sorta great because you spend your whole life preparing for this one great moment in your career and to get to stay up there for longer can't be a terrible thing.
- Aeolun 2y agoTo be entirely fair to Boeing, while it’s too bad they do not understand the problem, props to them for admitting that. Or at least, realizing that saying it’s totally safe only to have the thing explode would cause irreparable reputational harm.