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Starliner will return to Earth uncrewed, astronauts staying on ISS until February (techcrunch.com)

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Boeing’s Starliner mission is coming back to Earth — empty. After months of data analysis and internal deliberation, NASA leadership announced today that Starliner will be coming back to Earth in September, without a crew.

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[–] Subtracty 23 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I can not imagine being one of the engineers that has to make big decisions like this. Glad they are being cautious, and I hope those astronauts are enjoying their unexpected space sabatical as much as that is possible.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

This is the real deal. I'm so, so glad they're trying to be 100% safe rather than save face or money.