• becausechemistry@lemm.ee
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    3 months ago

    This sort of feels like non-news – of course they’ve been considering an empty Starliner return with astronauts on a Dragon. That’s sort of the entire point of having more than one option of crewed access to space.

    Not that I’d ever climb into a Starliner. Thing’s a bucket of bolts. But we know that, and they know that.

    It would be pretty cool if this situation is the start of accelerating a crew-rating program for another craft. Maybe Dream Chaser? If this is so embarrassing that Boeing drops out of the program, it would be nice to have two options again.

    • threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksM
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      3 months ago

      It would be pretty cool if this situation is the start of accelerating a crew-rating program for another craft. Maybe Dream Chaser?

      Don’t threaten me with a good time! I’d love to see a crewed spaceplane mounted on top of a rocket instead of elsewhere.