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The first crew launch of Boeing’s Starliner capsule is on hold indefinitely (arstechnica.com)

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I suspect there is at least one engineer who voiced concerns months or years ago, was not listened to, and is now having an "I told you so" moment.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago (1 children)

They've know about the helium leak for a month now but managers “did not consider it significant enough to stop the launch”. It's always incompetent managers.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago

Reminds me of Roger Boisjoly who desperately objected to launching space shuttle Challenger in cold weather. Managers struck again that day.