Boeing Starliner Problems Again Delay Astronauts' Return
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The Spin
Boeing continues to be an embarrassing company. If it's much-publicized problems with its commercial jets weren't enough of an issue, now the company has a scandal playing out in outer space. Issues with the Starliner may require NASA to conduct a rare rescue mission at a time when the US is trying to prove it can keep up in the international space race. Boeing may need to be put in a timeout.
There's no reason to be overanxious over Starliner's issues or the astronauts' who are remaining at the ISS a little longer than plannedplight. This was billed as a test mission all along, so complications were expected and everyone was prepared to learn new things about the spacecraft. Now the glitches get to be worked out, and Williams and Wilmore may just get to perform the spacewalk that was previously postponed.
Metaculus Prediction
There's a 50% chance that a free flying commercial space station will become operational on Jan. 31, 2031, according to the Metaculus prediction community.
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