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Boeing, NASA say Starliner astronaut launch will move forward despite spacecraft helium leak (www.cnbc.com)

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 6 months ago (1 children)

“We know we can manage this [leak], so this is really not a safety of flight issue,” Nappi added.

Oh, oh Boeing.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

Assuming for a minute that this is 100% true, for conversation's sake.

Does that matter? We have here a company with a reputation that is massively hurt by issues in their aircraft and inability to keep a decent quality control, and they think the best way forward is to announce the whole world they're flying a space mission with a leaky spacecraft? Are they actively trying to tank their reputation even further?