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   on-lain ✔ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ (lain@lain.com)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Aug-2024 04:37:25 JST on-lain ✔ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ
   > The Starliner is blocking one of the ISS’s two docking ports. The geniuses who designed the capsule’s flight software set things up so that it cannot be undocked remotely, meaning that the only way to free up the docking port for now is for at least one astronaut to strap in and ride the deathtrap down. What makes this especially baffling is that during its uncrewed test flight, the Starliner was perfectly capable of autonomous docking.
   
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     on-lain ✔ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ (lain@lain.com)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Aug-2024 04:40:38 JST on-lain ✔ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ

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     @jesu yes
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     jesu (jesu@pl.kotobank.ch)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Aug-2024 04:40:39 JST jesu

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     @lain Boeing, right?
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     jesu (jesu@pl.kotobank.ch)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Aug-2024 04:40:41 JST jesu

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     @lain .... this is horrific....
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     Phantasm (phnt@fluffytail.org)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Aug-2024 04:43:33 JST Phantasm

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     @lain When you think about it, NASA was able to control many of the Apollo systems remotely from ground, but Boeing somehow can't figure it out.
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     prettygood (prettygood@socially.drinkingatmy.computer)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Aug-2024 04:49:23 JST prettygood

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     @phnt @lain the virgin profit-motivated enterprise versus the chad publicly funded scientific endeavor
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     guizzy (guizzy@shitposter.world)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Aug-2024 05:02:01 JST guizzy

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     @lain Ok, ok, I have an idea! Tape multiple brooms together, go to the door to the Starliner, flip the switch to have it leave, then quickly close the door!
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     kaia (kaia@brotka.st)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Aug-2024 05:03:20 JST kaia

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     @lain I think the oldest should sacrifice himself for Boeing's share price.
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     guizzy (guizzy@shitposter.world)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Aug-2024 05:03:28 JST guizzy

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     @lain I am now overqualified to be an engineer for Boeing.
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     on-lain ✔ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ (lain@lain.com)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Aug-2024 05:04:47 JST on-lain ✔ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ

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     @kaia they should learn from DB, clearly the reason they can’t keep planes in the sky or get starships back to earth is that they have been kaputtgespart.
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     kaia (kaia@brotka.st)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Aug-2024 05:06:47 JST kaia

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     @lain maybe they should let go 11,000 engineers, preferably the ones with most experience?
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     on-lain ✔ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ (lain@lain.com)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Aug-2024 05:08:26 JST on-lain ✔ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ

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     @kaia as long as it’s sozialverträglich