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Reuters: Boeing Starliner Flights to the ISS Delayed by at Least Another 3 Months

posted by martyb on Friday March 22 2019, @03:18AM   Printer-friendly
from the buying-a-stairway-to-heaven^W-the-ISS dept.

takyon writes:

Boeing delays by months test flights for U.S. human space program: sources

Boeing Co has delayed by at least three months its first uncrewed flight to the International Space Station under NASA's human spaceflight program, and pushed its crewed flight until November, industry sources said on Wednesday.

Reuters reported last month that NASA has warned Boeing and rival contractor SpaceX of design and safety concerns the companies need to address before flying humans to space.

Boeing's first test flight was slated for April but it has been pushed to August, according to two people with direct knowledge of the matter. The new schedule means that Boeing's crewed mission, initially scheduled for August, will be delayed until November.

Also at Spaceflight Insider, Astronomy Magazine, and BGR.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by bob_super on Friday March 22 2019, @06:19AM (2 children)

    by bob_super (1357) on Friday March 22 2019, @06:19AM (#818318)

    If they slip again, and let SpaceX fly a crew before they fly an empty demo, it's gonna be really ugly PR...

    A bit like the SLS vs BFR vs Blue Origin problem ... Who's the expensive incumbent who's selected because of their ability to deliver ?

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 22 2019, @06:45AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 22 2019, @06:45AM (#818327)

    As long as they meet certain milestones eventually, they will get their Starliner billions. PR doesn't matter.

    The SLS cash cow is more sacred. Slip ups or failure could let BFR displace SLS and cause ULA to lose many billions. That leaves Vulcan, which could be outperformed by Blue Origin's New Glenn. SpaceX and Blue Origin can offer enough redundancy so that ULA is unneeded.