Simply making it to the ISS intact is a major accomplishment.
Lots of money in its development.
Your post reminds me of that old joke.
The airliner pilot gets on the loudspeaker:
“I wanted to let you know how proud I am—this is my first passenger jet flight. Our takeoff was successful and we reached cruising altitude successfully and we are on course and on schedule.
However—I just want to let you know that I have never landed one of these planes. They tell me that it is the hardest part of being a pilot.
But—don’t you worry yourselves. Just watch the beautiful views out the window and our meal and drink service and enjoy the flight.”
“Lots of money in its development.”
Having spent 31 years in aviation maintenance, 17 of that in quality assurance, it looks to me like they went cheap in their QA.
“Simply making it to the ISS intact is a major accomplishment.”
sort of like biden being able to stand up for 90 minutes in the debate, right?
You sound unfamiliar with how quickly corporations work. What was yesterday’s “strategic growth platform” can become “non-essential to our core business” in 3 months. Which, not coincidentally, is one quarter which is the interval upon which top executive bonuses are calculated.
Starliner’s fate depends on what happens with the stock price, not however much was sunk into its development. Too many examples to count...