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Starliner’s flight to the space station was far wilder than most of us thought (arstechnica.com)

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Starliner’s flight to the space station was far wilder than most of us thought

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Why was this not mentioned before?

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Shareholder value. And preserving the scam of privatizing NASA's source of earth orbit launches.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (2 children)

tbh it was https://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/nasa-astronauts-wait-space-station-boeing-tests-rcna164276

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That article states it was 56 days after the incident. I meant my question as to why it was not released at the time of the incident. So unless you can show an earlier appearance, my question stands.

Furthermore, the comment immediately preceding mine stated that it was not mentioned at the time. Context matters.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

i’m not gonna play defense for NASA or Boeing, just assuming it takes time to investigate properly - probably some PR mentality went into it too but here you go https://www.space.com/starliner-astronaut-mission-landing-delay-july-2024

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Thank you for taking the time to find that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, I remember reading multiple times about ppl being stuck on the ISS. Idk how ppl could miss it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

The issue is when they released the information. Not if they did.

Also the issue is about the faulty thrusters. Not them being stuck on the station. Everyone knew that.