Conversation

"Boeing’s first astronaut mission ended Friday night with an empty capsule landing and 2 test pilots still in space"
"Starliner’s crew demo capped a journey filled with delays and setbacks"
"Boeing ran into so many problems on its [non-crewed] first test flight...in 2019 that it had to repeat it. The 2022 do-over uncovered even more flaws and the repair bill topped $1 billion"
https://apnews.com/article/nasa-stuck-astronauts-boeing-starliner-92dca67a1fbecf05f5f0e6e2e79afc3b
🔸Am reminded of Mitsubishi Heavy's failed passenger jet project:
https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2023/02/0aa9f96d1f08-urgent-mitsubishi-heavy-set-to-terminate-passenger-jet-project.html