Reply to post: Re: "the primary issues detected during the company's uncrewed Orbital Flight Test"

Axiom signs up with SpaceX to fly private astronauts to the International Space Station

Irongut

Re: "the primary issues detected during the company's uncrewed Orbital Flight Test"

NASA declared the Starliner mission "a high visibility close call." Which is rare and one step down from "loss of mission." That will cause Boeing's processes and company culture to be investigated in the same way as SpaceX were after Elon smoked a spliff publicly. They still won't say if they will make Boeing repeat the uncrewed mission but that is just politics, they will.

If I were involved with the ISS from ESA, Roscosmos, JAXA or another stakeholder I'd refuse to let Starliner near the ISS until it completes a demo flight that demonstrates its software can perform manoevers correctly and at the right time.

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