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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€“] Carighan 6 points 6 months ago

Atlantis was already scheduled to fly not too long after, and the CAIB discussed that there was a possibility of moving the launch up as Columbia could have stayed an extraordinary long time in orbit due to their specific mission loadout.

Repairs with harvested tiles were also discussed but yeah , chance of success rated as low. Still, better than deorbiting with nothing done.