Last week I asked if Boeing was going to be able to bring their astronauts, Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore back to Earth from the International Space Station. They were already almost three weeks overdue at that point because Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft had sprung multiple helium leaks and suffered multiple thruster failures when attempting to dock with the space station. The company has slowly begun releasing more details as to what’s been going on in conjunction with NASA. The outlook for the astronauts is no better now than it was then. If fact, if anything it’s possibly worse. Boeing is now saying that they can’t even attempt a return flight until at least July. It’s also becoming increasingly clear that they never should have risked the launch in the first place because they underestimated the severity of the leaks that the craft was experiencing back on June 5. (NY Post)
Boeing Knew Starliner Was Leaking Helium But Launched Anyway – HotAir
