Astronauts confident Boeing space capsule can safely return them to Earth, despite failures (finance.yahoo.com)

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[-] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 month ago

Boeing coming in hot with the “safety isn’t as profitable as stock buybacks” vibe

[-] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

Yahoo Finance is not the place I would expect to hear this news from.

[-] Tronn4@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

The Boeing stock is tied to the astronauts returning safely

[-] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

By whom?

[-] Mirshe@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Killing two government employees in a highly-public incident that potentially people can see over the US tends to be bad for trust in your company, no matter how much of a duopoly they have over the passenger aviation market.

[-] Flexaris@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 1 month ago

And yet they are not returning before more checks are done

[-] ticho@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

If I understand it correctly, they were confident a while ago already that they could return safely, but they're taking advantage of the situation to do some tests and experiments to learn more about the failure.

(If you disagree, go yell at Scott Manley, I heard it in one of his recent videos.)

[-] asexualchangeling@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 month ago

If it's Boeing, I'm not going.

[-] Sabata11792@ani.social 4 points 1 month ago

Not like they have a choice. It's a bit too far to walk.

[-] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

But they do have a choice...

[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

That's what Boeing claims, a company with numerous ongoing QA issues and deadly failures under their belt in recent years. Would I trust this capsule to bring me home safely? I don't think so.

Or is this a "If your landing capsule fails, come in (in person) to claim your free replacement!" thing?