The Boeing Starliner space capsule launched in early June for a weeklong test flight to the International Space Station (ISS). Almost three months later, it remains docked to the station on account of safety concerns. The two astronauts will be returning to earth via a SpaceX Dragon capsule in February. This is the latest catastrophic failure of the Boeing spacecraft. Years of development and troubleshooting and it is still not ready for use. There is something seriously wrong at Boeing if it is still having issues. It has been two years since the last flight (May 2022) revealed thruster issues, but now it has thruster issues. Really? NASA should kill the program.
Time to switch to the Dream Chaser. The spaceplane designed by Sierra Space is far more versatile and is well on its way to completion. If all goes well, it will do its first orbital flight next year. That is probably sooner than the Starliner will be ready for yet another test flight.
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