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After months of mulling, NASA will decide on Starliner return this weekend (arstechnica.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

My monopoly money is on it coming back empty, and failing to deorbit. If I could fly for travel, I wouldn't fly Boeing. I certainly don't want to be on their rocketship. Half the code, labor, and spare parts are sitting in some worthless corporate monkey's bank account.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

failing to deorbit

I do actually wonder if Starliner will be allowed to land at White Sands. My understanding is that the failing thrusters are on the service module. So, if they can limp to service module separation, it should be smooth sailing down to New Mexico. That's still a very big "if", though.