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NASA freezes Starliner missions

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269 points rntn | 1 comments | 17 Oct 24 19:56 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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tjpnz ◴[19 Oct 24 14:40 UTC] No.41888018[source]▶
Seems pointless to keep persisting with it given the ISS is approaching EOL. There are also a finite supply of boosters left it can fly on.
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mglz ◴[19 Oct 24 14:53 UTC] No.41888109[source]▶
Wasn't it also supposed to go to the moon station for Artemis? Or is that also a non-starter if Starship works out?
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1. perihelions ◴[19 Oct 24 15:17 UTC] No.41888301[source]▶
That's Lockheed Martin's unrelated Orion [0] spacecraft (which launches on the SLS orbital rocket, which is contracted primarily to Boeing). It's been under development since 2004; spent $29.4 billion; flown twice without astronauts—in 2014, and in 2022; and still doesn't work [1].

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_(spacecraft)

[1] https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/05/nasa-confirms-independ...