Be prepared for more humiliation. [Boeing Starliner](https://pic8.co/sh/7UNWZi.png) [Boeing Starliner faces final NASA test, sending astronauts to space station. Rocket launch is Monday.](https://www.space.com/boeing-starliner-crew-flight-test-launch-pad-rollout) - [Archive](https://archive.today/Xe0SU) >. . **Development hang-ups, test flight problems and other costly setbacks have slowed Starliner’s path to the launchpad**. Meanwhile, Boeing’s rival under NASA’s commercial crew program — SpaceX — has become the go-to transportation provider for the space agency’s astronauts. . . A smooth flight could be a winning moment for Boeing’s spaceflight program and the company overall, which has been in the hotseat due to issues with its commercial airplane division. . . At a news briefing last month, Steve Stich, the program manager for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, said that NASA required Boeing and SpaceX to meet a certain threshold regarding the risk the mission would result in the death of astronauts — 1 in 270. >>“Boeing exceeds that number with a 1 in 295 loss of crew number,” he said. >. . [Boeing doesn’t sound confident, even after 10 years of preparation.](https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/05/world/boeing-starliner-launch-preview-scn/index.html) - [Archive](https://archive.today/Zizrc)