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OutOfHere ◴[] 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 ◴[] No.41888012[source]
I’m all for Elon buying it and trusting that he makes the necessary changes.
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Karellen ◴[] No.41889899[source]
Part of the benefit of having Starliner and SpX is redundancy. Having multiple vendors to choose from/have compete each other/use as backups if one is grounded, is a large part of the point. Having anyone, including Musk, have control over both defeats the purpose of redundancy.
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1. JumpCrisscross ◴[] No.41891050[source]
> the benefit of having Starliner and SpX is redundancy

Starliner provides zero redundancy. It doesn’t work. If it did, it can’t spin up quickly enough. If it could, it has a limited number of shots for having been designed for an obsolete launch vehicle