[HN Gopher] Boeing's Starliner Now Has 5 Leaks While Parked Outs...
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       Boeing's Starliner Now Has 5 Leaks While Parked Outside the ISS
        
       Author : scblzn
       Score  : 23 points
       Date   : 2024-06-13 20:38 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (gizmodo.com)
        
       | seydor wrote:
       | this is crazy. so many screws are loose in boeing
        
       | gnabgib wrote:
       | Discussion [0] (37 points, yesterday, 48 comments)
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       | [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40662803
        
       | doublerabbit wrote:
       | I wonder if there is an Enterprise equivalent for UFOs hire.
       | 
       | Towing fees back to Roswell I could imagine would be pricey.
        
       | Simulacra wrote:
       | Now with 5 leaks, at what point does it make sense to jettison
       | the Starliner and get something else on the pad, something more
       | reliable. Like SpaceX?
        
         | verticalscaler wrote:
         | Starliner wasn't selected based on merit in the first place so
         | only after people will die will it become impossible to pretend
         | otherwise. What incentive do the current decision makers have
         | to own up to their mistake? They'll double down first, watch.
         | 
         | Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown.
        
       | ramesh31 wrote:
       | With the officially stated reason from Boeing being "It would be
       | quite involved" to fix before launch:
       | https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/05/nasa-and-boeing-are-ge...
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       | It would almost be comical at this point if this company weren't
       | directly responsible for human lives.
        
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