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Starliner’s flight to the space station was far wilder than most of us thought (arstechnica.com)
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Starliner’s flight to the space station was far wilder than most of us thought

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[–] Mearuu@kbin.melroy.org 19 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Why was this not mentioned before?

[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Shareholder value. And preserving the scam of privatizing NASA's source of earth orbit launches.

[–] desmosthenes@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] Mearuu@kbin.melroy.org 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That article states it was 56 days after the incident. I meant my question as to why it was not released at the time of the incident. So unless you can show an earlier appearance, my question stands.

Furthermore, the comment immediately preceding mine stated that it was not mentioned at the time. Context matters.

[–] desmosthenes@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

i’m not gonna play defense for NASA or Boeing, just assuming it takes time to investigate properly - probably some PR mentality went into it too but here you go https://www.space.com/starliner-astronaut-mission-landing-delay-july-2024

[–] Mearuu@kbin.melroy.org 2 points 2 months ago

Thank you for taking the time to find that.

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, I remember reading multiple times about ppl being stuck on the ISS. Idk how ppl could miss it.

[–] Mearuu@kbin.melroy.org 4 points 2 months ago

The issue is when they released the information. Not if they did.

Also the issue is about the faulty thrusters. Not them being stuck on the station. Everyone knew that.