Boeing’s new CEO must now weigh its duty to NASA vs. strained cash reserves
27 Aug
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Boeing’s new CEO must now weigh its duty to NASA vs. strained cash reserves

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NASA Space Technology After a humiliating setback to its space ambitions, Boeing Co. faces a dilemma that pits its national duty against strained cash reserves.The decision about the future of the struggling Starliner program now rests with Boeing’s newly installed chief executive officer, Kelly Ortberg, after NASA announced Saturday that it wouldn’t send astronauts home from the space station on the faulty spacecraft. Following weeks of testing and heated debate, the space agency decided it was safer to use Elon Musk’s SpaceX.The specter of NASA astronauts being stuck in space is just one embarrassing moment of many for Boeing during an epically bad year that’s included a near-catastrophic blowout of an airborne 737 Max jetliner, federal investigations and an executive suite shake-up.That leaves Ortberg, who took over the top job earlier this month, and the senior leadership council known internally as “exco,”...
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Boeing’s Starliner can stay in space beyond 45-day limit, NASA says
03 Jul
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Boeing’s Starliner can stay in space beyond 45-day limit, NASA says

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NASA Space Technology Boeing's Starliner space capsule docked at the International Space Station.(Image credit: ESA)Boeing's Starliner capsule is performing well enough on its first-ever astronaut mission that it will likely be able to stay in orbit beyond the initially envisioned 45-day limit, NASA says.Starlinerwhich launched on June 5, is docked at the International Space Station (ISS) on an indefinite mission extension. The spacecraft is in good shape and rated to leave the ISS in case of emergency. But both NASA and Boeing are trying to understand why some of Starliner's reaction control system (RCS) thrusters experienced issues in the leadup to docking with the ISS on June 6, and why several helium leaks have sprung up in the capsule. As such, Starliner will stay in space until at least later in the summer as testing...
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NASA and Boeing’s Starliner delays advise the challenges of home fling
23 May
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NASA and Boeing’s Starliner delays advise the challenges of home fling

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NASA Space Technology 'We favor to be as sure as that it's good to well well perhaps also be pleased that the total lot is glorious.'Posted on Would possibly perhaps perhaps also honest 22, 2024 10:00 AM EDTNASA and Boeing possess beforehand centered a delivery on Would possibly perhaps perhaps also honest 25th, but the delivery date has since been delayed but another time, with the following alternative to begin 'quiet being talked about.' NASAGetting stuck in an airport for a flight delayed a few hours is atrocious, but two NASA astronauts currently possess it noteworthy worse. At this level, their hump to the Worldwide Dwelling Build aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft has been delayed virtually three weeks.Starliner, one in all two crewed spaceflight initiatives diminished in dimension by NASA from industrial companies, was as soon...
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