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NASA decides to keep 2 astronauts in space until February, nixes return on troubled Boeing capsule (apnews.com)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Surviving the first and perhaps only crewed Starliner flight, getting a full ISS rotation and a flight home on Dragon feels like a bit of justice for crew who put their careers on hold for Boeing. The Starliner assignments got the short straw and hard to imagine other astronauts not being sympathetic.