Boeing Starliner Crew Capsule Failure - history & details

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A video about the Boeing culture and the path to development, launching, and (finally) docking, the Starliner. At times a bit tedious but lots of info. 28 Minutes.



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Tom
 
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Decent review of the situation with many interesting photos of the space station and details about Starliner thruster failures that I have not read in the digital press. Thanks.
 
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Man, nuthin' inspires my confidence in a story like a major typo in the headline... :oldbiggrin:

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"Did you proofread the whole thing?"
"Of course!"
"The WHOLE thing??"

(Earlier...)
"Okey dokey ... (sets down pot of coffee and snacks)... What exactly happened to the Boeing Sta-OOH SQUIRREL!"
 
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Who would buy it? As far as I can tell, its value is in the negative billions. Perhaps China, for tech transfer, and there is no way the US Government will go along.

Furthermore, does anyone think they will get a fair, honest deal from Boeing? This looks like, on top of everything else, a decade of litigation.
 
More to the point… is there even a possible buyer that could pick it up without consolidating the industry too much?
 
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Who would buy it?
Maybe hoping for a marriage with BO? They have some a severe lack of tech, people, organization, effectiveness, luck.
Anything from Boeing would not be much of a help, though...