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When the ground state is emergency the definition of emergency changes because emergency cannot be the same as ground state... If we go by technical definition

When the ground state is emergency the definition of emergency changes because emergency cannot be the same as ground state... If we go by technical definition of "emergency" then anything not by the plan is an emergency, but it's not used that way normally and it's not a technical publication. If you are stuck in space with no lifeboat back then I agree it is an emergency, but they apparently have Starliner and it works. If they or Nasa are more comfortable with another option maybe that makes it an emergency or maybe not. If it turns out Starliner doesn't work, that's an emergency. If there is radiation event coming then it's an emergency, but it is always an emergency in space regardless.

JumpCrisscross 2y ago
> they apparently have Starliner and it works One, had. Starliner went home. Two, they didn’t. Starliner was broken. Its manoeuvring thrusters, a critical reëntry system, were misbehaving. If you’re on a plane and the oxygen system fails, that’s an emergency. You don’t have to wait for cabin pressure to fail for it to qualify, and oxygen systems aren’t even a critical system; this is closer to the flaps or landing gear behaving erratically.
- throwaway290 2y ago
  But the oxygen system is fine, right? Let me check the article again If it fails then that's an emergency, but that regardless of the presence of the boat. Noted the absence of Starliner, but not 100% convinced personally