Boeing Can’t Afford to Fail Tomorrow. The company’s years-long effort to fly astronauts for NASA has been plagued with setbacks. Now it faces a historic test.

The Atlantic ^ | 5/31/24 | MARINA KOREN

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Tomorrow, in Cape Canaveral, Florida, a Boeing-built spacecraft is set to blast off toward the International Space Station, carrying a human crew for the first time. The astronauts have been in preflight quarantine, getting some extra practice for the historic ride through flight simulations. The rocket stands tall on the launchpad, with the spacecraft, Starliner, perched on top. The weather forecast looks nearly perfect.

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https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2024/05/boeing-starliner-crewed-test-flight-errors-nasa-spacex/678559/

[Jonty30]

It’s time for the DEI to do or DIE.

[dfwgator]

Good luck.

[know.your.why]

Ya think Boeing has complementary life insurance for the crew?

[pigeoninthepark]

RIP spacecraft hatch

[Reno89519]

I’d pass and wait for a SpaceX flight.

[Nextrush]

The US Government and Boeing are one this is hype to allow the corruption to continue.

[WeaslesRippedMyFlesh]

Fasteners are racist.

[Right_Wing_Madman]

Tomorrow, in Cape Canaveral, Florida, a Boeing-built spacecraft is set to blast off toward the International Space Station

Wow, Boeing is going where no man has gone before: a full 250 miles above the earth's surface.

[Huskrrrr]

If it’s Boeing, I ain’t going.

[wjcsux]

“I’d pass and wait for a SpaceX flight.”
I was thinking exactly the same thing.

[rottndog]

This whole manned space flight thing is a waste of time and resources anyway.

[PLMerite]

[If it’s Boeing, I ain’t going.]

It’s not a Boeing Starliner MAX, is it?

[roving]

NASA and the news has everyone brainwashed.

[markman46]

Ok ludite what ever

[Jonty30]

How do you think they make a profit?

[markman46]

I’d go on either one
Ya Boeing has had a LOT of issues and challenges with this spacecraft, but Boeing and spacex are it.

[algore]

I think if it fails Boeing is going to hurt.

I knew one of the best rocket scientists in the world, he told me this boeing design was stupid and wrongly conceived.

He was Boeings top spaceflight design engineer but retired long before this project was started.

[Right_Wing_Madman]

This whole manned space flight thing is a waste of time and resources anyway.

It's a jobs program, no more. USG gives a lot of money to SpaceX, Boeing, and Lockheed Martin to fly around the thermosphere and pretend like they're doing something. They all know they can't go any higher.

[Celtic Conservative]

Why can’t they go any further? Hard science only, please.