In the United States, the insecurity of the Starliner spacecraft was admitted
NASA and Boeing may not be able to close known issues with the Starliner spacecraft in time for its first manned flight, scheduled for July 21, NASA Safety Commission Chair Patricia Sanders admitted. SpaceNews writes about it.
The specialist called for an in-depth study of the technical problems of Starliner, in connection with which one should not rush into its manned flight. “It should not be flown until the safety risks have been mitigated or accepted with open eyes and an appropriately sound technical rationale,” Sanders said.
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In October, the publication reported that the losses of the American company Boeing on the Starliner manned spacecraft program, which, together with the Crew Dragon, should become a replacement for the Russian Soyuz MS, rose, approaching $ 900 million.
