Boeing employees ‘humiliated’ that upstart rival SpaceX will rescue astronauts stuck in space

Boeing employees are “humiliated” after NASA announced that two astronauts who have been stranded on the International Space Station by the company’s troubled Starliner space capsule will have to be rescued by Elon Musk’s upstart rival SpaceX, one worker told The Post.

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams — who went up the ISS in June for what was supposed to be an 8-day mission — will have to wait another six months until a SpaceX Crew Dragon space craft can carry them safely home because their original ride is leaking helium and has problems with its thrusters.

The Florida-based staffer with Boeing’s space program said the decision was the latest blow for the aerospace giant, which is already suffering backlash from a slew of commercial flight incidents earlier this year.

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[specialk]

Boeing should focus on building planes better instead of making space ships

[yhird]

Maybe Boeing employees should focus less time on bad-mouthing Space-X and more time fixing their company and products.

[deficator]

"upstart" is a massive understatement

[NearlyAsleep]

Focusing on properly making planes? ❌
Unaliving whistleblowers? ✅

[haigansmith]

Boeing humiliated? If something were to happen to those Astronauts, that would be the worst possible humiliation for everyone involved. Send Elon …

[devondanklin]

Boeing taking Ls like crazy this year lol

[celebrityrog]

Humiliated over this??!! Really!!?? Not of the deaths of 300 people in 2 accidents R E A L L Y!?!?!?

[caboshores]

Why is Boeing messing with spacecraft anyway, They're airline R and D is tanking by the minute!

[kimmurphy]

Too bad. They have only themselves and management to blame.

[Rob-BC]

Upstart rival? SpaceX has launched more rockets than you have, AND, landed them. Up yours, Boeing.

[chrispoe]

It escalated quickly from doors blowing off to Apollo 13 all over again.

[autumnfragrance]

They can't execute a mission, but on a positive note, Boeing has a very robust DEI program.

[tedbell]

Dei space travel is very risky as Boeing has now figured out

[theoneandonly]

Sad that the price of human life is so low value. that a corporation wants to save value, then let a partner help. Corporations are not human beings!

[bearpolo]

The greed has destroyed Boeing, so sad.

[andrem]

Maybe stopping whining and building some 737s that work should be a priority instead.

[BradyBoy]

What about all the planes falling apart.

[SeniorMoostacho]

Ya, nevermind all of the plane crashes, shuttle explosion, more plane crashes, planes falling in mid flight, more plane crashes. Ya, now they are humiliated. 🤦

[HingleMacCringleberry]

Boeing uses duct tape and prayers to build their aeronautics equipment

[jackdorseysdisappointedfather]

Almost like wasting government funding competing with Elon Musk at his forté was a bad idea from start.🤯