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NASA freezes Starliner missions

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269 points rntn | 4 comments | 17 Oct 24 19:56 UTC | HN request time: 0.364s | source
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dotnet00 ◴[19 Oct 24 14:37 UTC] No.41888001[source]▶
Would be clearer to say that its return to flight has been delayed to at least around a year from now.

For the fall/winter 2025 rotation they're going to plan with it being a Crew Dragon flight for now, subject to change depending on how Starliner's fixes go.

They also somewhat misleadingly say that NASA will also rely on Soyuz because of Starliner's unavailability, but that's just about the seat swap arrangement which helps to ensure that both the US and Russia can maintain a continuous presence if either side's vehicles have trouble. IIRC the agreement is expiring and NASA's interested in extending it, but Roscosmos hasn't agreed yet. I say misleading because I think they intended to extend that agreement regardless of Starliner's status.

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JumpCrisscross ◴[19 Oct 24 19:06 UTC] No.41889872[source]▶
> Would be clearer to say that its return to flight has been delayed to at least around a year from now

No. The ISS is decommissioned in 2030 and Boeing is losing money on the programme. It makes sense for nobody to continue this charade.

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1. 0xTJ ◴[20 Oct 24 00:51 UTC] No.41892015[source]▶
I'm confused about your "no" here. The comment to which you're replying is clarifying misleading wording, but your comment is an opinion on what should happen.
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2. ◴[20 Oct 24 03:16 UTC] No.41892606[source]▶
3. schiffern ◴[20 Oct 24 03:17 UTC] No.41892612[source]▶
s/should/will/
4. schiffern ◴[20 Oct 24 16:39 UTC] No.41896576[source]▶
Since apparently I'm being misunderstood: the comment wasn't "clarifying" anything, it was only attempting to re-impose euphemistic and deceptive PR language.

Everyone knows Starliner is as good as dead. It's what Boeing wants even, since Starliner is a huge money pit.

The only ones propping up this continued "delay" fiction are the NASA and Boeing PR departments.