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Just wow. Take a mission to the ISS on the DEI ship, manage to get there without dying (luck) and now they might not get to come back until 2025.

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>For weeks, NASA has downplayed problems experienced by Starliner, a Boeing spacecraft that took two astronauts to the International Space Station in June. But on Wednesday, NASA officials admitted that the issues might be more serious than first thought and that the astronauts might not return on the Boeing vehicle, after all. The agency is exploring a backup option for the astronauts, Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, to instead hitch a ride back to Earth on a spacecraft built by Boeing’s competitor SpaceX.

Just wow. Take a mission to the ISS on the DEI ship, manage to get there without dying (luck) and now they might not get to come back until 2025. Archive: https://archive.today/Rt6QJ From the post: >>For weeks, NASA has downplayed problems experienced by Starliner, a Boeing spacecraft that took two astronauts to the International Space Station in June. But on Wednesday, NASA officials admitted that the issues might be more serious than first thought and that the astronauts might not return on the Boeing vehicle, after all. The agency is exploring a backup option for the astronauts, Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, to instead hitch a ride back to Earth on a spacecraft built by Boeing’s competitor SpaceX.

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Dragon is a proven vehicle. Starliner is a DEI contract that Boeing appears to be writing off. I'd wait for Feb 2025 as well.