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Spaceflight@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 9 months ago

NASA decides to keep 2 astronauts in space until February, nixes return on troubled Boeing capsule

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NASA decides to keep 2 astronauts in space until February, nixes return on troubled Boeing capsule

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Spaceflight@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 9 months ago

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NASA has decided it’s too risky to bring two astronauts back to Earth in Boeing’s troubled new capsule. They’ll have to wait until February for a ride home with SpaceX.

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Starliner and Crew Dragon both, if we’re talking manned space capsules.
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  crew dragon isn’t Boeing is it
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    No, but it is fixed-price, which I think is what @Bangs42@lemmy.world was getting at.

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