NASA astronauts will risk riding glitchy Boeing Starliner back to Earth!

In spite of ongoing problems with helium leaks and the propulsion system, Butch and Suni will risk riding Starliner back to Earth!
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[trespire]

This is concerning. NASA astronaut office needs to ensure the safety of the crew, first and foremost.

[RogerM]

The big mistake with Starliner was jumping towards Crew missions instead of some initially cargo missions, gathering flight data.

[rogerbruce]

They should just jetison the starliner and send up the Spacex Dragon. Starliner is too expensive and too glitchy. Leave Space to the professionals at Spacex

[bigcharlie]

NASA deserves a full refund hand off to Sierra Nevada for a crewed Dream Chaser.

[tonydeveyra]

I was shocked that NASA put astronauts into anything boeing built. Send a dragon capsule up to bring them back safely

[oldschoolman]

I sure wouldn't want to be them! I'd refuse to get back on that piece of crap!

[Joisey]

What a marketing opportunity for Elon! Send up a Dragon capsule and name it Thunderbird One. Paint International Rescue on the capsule. Make Boeing pay for the flight.

[lyleshoostine]

Since we currently don't have a "repair shop" in orbit(maybe in the distant future), don't let non engineering management overide the engineers(remember shuttle
Columbia). Detach from ISS and ditch it. Keep the astronauts safe!

[quasibrodo]

With both challenger and columbia, mgmt decided to proceed with missions despite known specific risks because they erroneously decided the engineers needed to prove that proceeding would fail, not that proceeding would be safe. Starliner has experienced quite a few problems so far. Boeing should be forced to prove to nasa that starliner is still safe to return despite the issues. If they can't the crew should return on a soyuz or crew dragon.

[Master-imjc]

NASA has received from Boeing a Lemon the last time this happened was Apollo 1, I hope this time it does not end as Apollo 1 did and the crew is lost

[MrGoesBoom]

And to think, out of everyone in the Commercial Crew Program Boeing got more gov funding than everyone else combined. Years later and it's still a glitchy mess with tons of issues. Beating a dead horse here, but still shocked that Nasa was willing to do a crewed launch after the first two launches had so many problems and so much time and yet it's still a mess. And Boeing has the balls to be charging more per seat than SpaceX in their contracts for this lemon.

[NGM.I.G.]

This is the scariest moment ever! Hoping that those images inside the ISS are not farewell ones. 🙏

[kennethhicks]

Let's think a moment... ok, don't take it back. Sums it up.

[LMichaelL]

NASA should have never let this thing even get close to a launch pad!

[bananacabbage]

One of the scariest things about spaceflight is that astronauts could find themselves in a position where they are inevitably going to die in a few hours time without any hope of rescue. Meanwhile they would be able to communicate with home. It has not yet happened but one day it will and the impact will be psychologically much worse than death in a sudden unforeseen accident of the kind we have seen before. If it happens here Boeing will have to accept that it could have been prevented and lost money was the only thing in the way.

[danieldinnell]

going back to our first moon landing, death and danger was always a companion in exploration of our system!

[TheDavidPoole]

I think there ought to be a deep, forensic investigation into Boeings spending, engineering and, most importantly, management of this project.
Heads need to roll on this.

I just hope it's not those of the astronauts' on their way home.

[MrGchiasson]

If Greyhound started using busses built by Boeing...
I'd do a road trip in my car, instead.

[GR]

Flying on Starliner is like taking a trip on a leaky boat. You hope that you can reach your destination before the leak becomes a problem.

[juliancrooks]

It would be interesting to be at the debriefing after they land if they survive