NASA Has Been So Thoroughly Screwed by Boeing's Disastrous Starliner That It's Now Throwing Its Entire Access to Space Into Question - Futurism
NASA is facing significant challenges as Boeing's Starliner program continues to struggle with technical failures and cost overruns. With SpaceX potentially sunsetting its current crewed platforms, NASA is forced to invest more in Boeing to ensure continued access to the ISS.
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By all accounts, Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft has been nothing short of a disaster . It’s cost NASA a staggering amount of money, and even after over a decade of development, the capsule still has yet to complete a crewed mission to the International Space Station.
It’s been a humiliating saga, including a failed uncrewed launch attempt that went haywire thanks to a glitching computer, an aborted mission which stranded two NASA astronauts on board the station for nine months, and a litany of technical headaches along the way.
But now that SpaceX is threatening to retire its Crew Dragon spacecraft, NASA could soon be forced to make the plagued spacecraft work whether it likes to or not — while also calling into question its entire access to space.
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