'I’d get on in a heartbeat': Starliner astronauts would fly on Boeing spacecraft again despite malfunctions (video)

[WKTaylor]

'I’d get on in a heartbeat': Starliner astronauts would fly on Boeing spacecraft again despite malfunctions (video)

"It is a great spacecraft, and it has a lot of capability that other spacecraft don't have."

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I guess all the neigh-sayers about Boeing Starliner... do NOT include the test-flight crew... Williams and Wilmore.

 

[rb1957]

what is it they say about "old" pilots and "bold" pilots ?

 

[TugboatEng]

Maybe they know it's never going to fly again which makes it a very hollow statement.

 

[thebard3]

NASA (Never A Straight Answer) has ongoing interests that don't comport with astronauts saying bad things. Only when recently interviewed did I learn of the Starliner losing control during the docking process, or at least how precarious the situation was. Somehow NASA thinks if they don't let information out, then the public will never know. If I see Butch or Sunita (or anyone else) ever board a Starliner, then I'll believe what they say.
If someone wants to tell me the Starliner wasn't out of control would probably be quick to remind me that the astronauts weren't stranded either.

 

[thebard3]

Still shaking my head. It's hard to imagine how Boeing could have fouled this up so bad. I should just post this on the engineering failures and disasters forum.
'Doghouse' days of summer — Boeing's Starliner won't fly again until 2026, and without astronauts aboard

 

[Brian Malone]

A cargo flight seems prudent as a shakedown prior to Starliner get crew qualified. Does an unmanned flight stand out as unusual after redesign/reoutfitting has occurred?

 

[thebard3]

I'd say another test flight is in order. If that's successful, then the program will be operational only 10 years later than originally scheduled.