Boeing delays 1st Starliner astronaut launch for NASA indefinitely over parachute, wiring safety issues
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Boeing delays 1st Starliner astronaut launch for NASA indefinitely over parachute, wiring safety issues
From Space.com:
"Boeing is standing down from the first-ever crewed launch of its Starliner astronaut capsule for NASA, possibly indefinitely, due to safety issues with the spacecraft's parachutes and wiring that were discovered last week."
https://www.space.com/boeing-starliner- ... definitely
Why do we (in the US) keep paying for this incompetence?
EDIT: Apparently not true - see post #3 below.
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"Boeing is standing down from the first-ever crewed launch of its Starliner astronaut capsule for NASA, possibly indefinitely, due to safety issues with the spacecraft's parachutes and wiring that were discovered last week."
https://www.space.com/boeing-starliner- ... definitely
Why do we (in the US) keep paying for this incompetence?
EDIT: Apparently not true - see post #3 below.
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Re: Boeing delays 1st Starliner astronaut launch for NASA indefinitely over parachute, wiring safety issues
From SpaceNews.com:
"Parachute and wiring issues to delay Starliner crewed test flight"
https://spacenews.com/parachute-and-wir ... st-flight/
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"Parachute and wiring issues to delay Starliner crewed test flight"
https://spacenews.com/parachute-and-wir ... st-flight/
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Re: Boeing delays 1st Starliner astronaut launch for NASA indefinitely over parachute, wiring safety issues
Here's an interesting analysis from Ars Technica, indicating that the contract with Boeing is Fixed-Price, meaning that Boeing is not getting paid for all the overruns.
"To keep Starliner flying, Boeing must make some hard choices"
"...This has been a poor decision in retrospect because, due to the fixed-price nature of its contract with NASA, Boeing is largely responsible for cost overruns and losses due to ongoing delays. ..."
https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/06/t ... d-choices/
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"To keep Starliner flying, Boeing must make some hard choices"
"...This has been a poor decision in retrospect because, due to the fixed-price nature of its contract with NASA, Boeing is largely responsible for cost overruns and losses due to ongoing delays. ..."
https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/06/t ... d-choices/
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Re: Boeing delays 1st Starliner astronaut launch for NASA indefinitely over parachute, wiring safety issues
Then this project is going to be a loss leader for Boeing, and at the end of the day, probably not worth it. Thanks for the updates Stephen.
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