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NASA Was ‘Right’ To Bring Starliner Back Empty As Thrusters And Guidance Fail On Return | Starliner landed back on Earth with more damaged parts that only reaffirmed NASA’s decision not to trust it with the lives of two astronauts


Starliner landed back on Earth with more damaged parts that only reaffirmed NASA’s decision not to trust it with the lives of two astronauts

Boeing didn’t explain their absence, and the company has not made any officials available to answer questions since NASA chose to end the Starliner test flight without the crew aboard. “We view the data and the uncertainty that’s there differently than Boeing does,” said Jim Free, NASA’s associate administrator, in an August 24 press conference announcing the agency’s decision on how to end the Starliner test flight. Joel Montalbano, NASA’s deputy associate administrator for space operations, said Saturday that Boeing deferred to the agency to discuss the Starliner mission in the post-landing press conference.

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