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NASA freezes Starliner missions

(gizmodo.com)
269 points rntn | 1 comments | 17 Oct 24 19:56 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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OutOfHere ◴[19 Oct 24 14:32 UTC] No.41887967[source]▶
> The space agency will now judge how the Starliner could be eventually certified to fly

Methinks this will require firing all Boeing management, and taking it private :)

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butterlettuce ◴[19 Oct 24 14:39 UTC] No.41888012[source]▶
I’m all for Elon buying it and trusting that he makes the necessary changes.
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1. jimnotgym ◴[19 Oct 24 14:46 UTC] No.41888059[source]▶
That would probably mean the end for Starliner.

The government deliberately chooses nore than one supplier for things with high risk to mitigate exactly these kind of issues. Merging them might not even be allowed