Huh. Even Boeing doesn’t want to be associated with Boeing:
Boeing executives have repeatedly sought to make clear that the Starliner program operates independently from the company’s other units — including the commercial aircraft division that has been at the center of scandals for years.
The classic rebranding ala facebook -> meta / insta, or food companies with their thousands of differently named subsidiaries.
Got to be nerve wracking as the astronaut waiting to ride back.
After a half decade of delays and several major issues, including it spinning out of control in space on it’s first test flight, and all the issues with literally anything else Boeing touches, I can’t see how they talked them into getting in it in the first place.
I’m pretty sure it hasn’t had a single fully successfully test flight yet so I’m surprised even NASA allowed it.
Where’s the problem? If the door opens blows out en route the astronauts will probably still reentry.
…some of you are going to die…
…martyrs, of course, to the freedom that I shall provide.
Thanks, Obama. Really glad you privatized space travel. It’s going great. Our space program now consists of Guy who wants space apartheid, and company whose name is synonymous with planes that crash for no reason.
