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Boeing, NASA say Starliner astronaut launch will move forward despite spacecraft helium leak (www.cnbc.com)
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[โ€“] CosmicCleric 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

My guess is that NASA has done the math and it says this is an extremely unlikely scenario to have happen, but they could do it if they absolutely needed to.

I guess I'm used to the old NASA, where they would never 'play the Vegas odds', risk the astronauts under any condition, besides the normal risks of just launching in a rocket in the first place.

Interesting to see how having a private business corporation involved would change that mindset.

I do hope you're right, for the crews sake.

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