Steve's Place (steter@mastodon.stevesworld.co)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Mar-2025 11:48:14 JST

@juliewebgirl @melanie This started with Boeing's capsule which was leaking constantly. They were lucky to arrive at the ISS without significant incident. When Boeing couldn't stop the leaks with it attached to the ISS, the decision was made to return it without passengers, and to await the next flight. There is also the issue of them using Boeing equipment but returning with SpaceX equipment, which originally had them returning without space suits, iirc. It was a mess. I'm glad they are back. Not sure there was anything nefarious other than Boeing being run by bean counters trying to get to space on the cheap when their airplanes are falling apart. That was supposed to be Boeing's big test to prove they were ready to be a 2nd source. They failed it.