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NASA freezes Starliner missions

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269 points rntn | 2 comments | 17 Oct 24 19:56 UTC | HN request time: 0.413s | source
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dgrin91 ◴[19 Oct 24 14:40 UTC] No.41888020[source]▶
I wonder if Boeing will cancel starliner since they already lost 1B+ and won't have a chance to earn on it for a while
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Vecr ◴[19 Oct 24 15:10 UTC] No.41888246[source]▶
If they don't fix it, what will their reputation be like? In isolation giving up is probably the correct thing to do, if it wasn't so extremely public.
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solardev ◴[19 Oct 24 15:15 UTC] No.41888278[source]▶
Does Boeing still have any reputation left worth saving? Seems like they gotta start from scratch regardless.
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panick21_ ◴[19 Oct 24 16:34 UTC] No.41888812[source]▶
If they drop this program they basically fuck over NASA. And Boeing is still the prime contractor on SLS. Meaning that NASA could very well finally stop playing nice over SLS.

And if Boeing wants to ever recover a chance on major NASA contracts, they can't let NASA down on this. Unless the want to just leave the space business.

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1. lupusreal ◴[19 Oct 24 21:09 UTC] No.41890809[source]▶
Europa Clipper was supposed to fly on SLS. That not happening saved several billion dollars. SLS is a fat disgusting barrel of pork that should be canceled and hidden for the sake of NASA's own reputation, not to mention taxpayers. If they continue with SLS when Starship is in serial production and flying regularly, it will make NASA look like one of the most inefficient and corrupt organizations in American history. It will be NASA's own neck on the chopping block if they don't distance themselves from SLS soon.
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2. travisporter ◴[20 Oct 24 13:30 UTC] No.41895251[source]▶
Sadly this is wishful thinking. But I must push back against the “corruption”. NASA cannot allocate its own resources by design. It’s all from congress who happily will pour money into jobs in their districts.