NASA says internal disagreements over how to handle stranded Boeing Starliner

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Published 2024-08-07

American astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Suni Williams were supposed to spend eight days in space, but NASA now says they could be at the International Space Station for eight months because of questions over whether the Boeing Starliner is capable of flying them home. Mark Strassmann has more.

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All Comments (21)

@tonydeveyra4611 yesterday

Boeing needs to give back all the money the government paid them to develop starliner. This is a disaster
@romulopontual6254 yesterday

Internal disagreement = political pressure on engineers. Each time another problem is uncovered, the political pressure looses power.
@armando_az1 yesterday

It's not about competition, it's about not having they blow up/burn up on reentry.
@jeepdude7359 yesterday

So much for a “three hour tour”. I’m betting they wish they had their toiletries bags that were removed prior to the launch.
@tommcfadden5232 yesterday

Boeing is confident. The astronauts…not so much.
@chriscma1 yesterday

NASA is wise to take ANYTHING Boeing says or promises with a grain of salt.
@trevfenn yesterday

There were "internal disagreements" about launching Challenger too.
@RealCptHammonds yesterday

Starliner is a death bucket.
@veramae4098 yesterday

8 months? Make it 9? And then shortly afterwards THREE astronauts are available.
@MrBobconner1952 22 hours ago

Those astronauts must sleep very well, knowing that "there are internal disagreements" over their safe return home. Boeing strikes again
@leorickpccenter yesterday

WHAT? February? the 8 day trip has lasted months... February is a long time to wait. This is amazing... 5 Billion Dollars and Boeing can't get a small capsule perfect.
@elusivelectron 21 hours ago

Ok, it's official: They're stranded in space.
@cobianemmanuel 22 hours ago

Boeing was also “confident” about their airplanes.
@JohnFrancis-ri8bb yesterday

That is indicative of Boeing's management style, Greed at any cost of human life.
@spacecoastz4026 yesterday

If Boeing is confident, then send two of them up on SpaceX, and let them bring home Starliner. Butch and Suni can catch a ride down on SpaceX.
@thespatch 23 hours ago

Why isn't this story getting more attention? This is serious stuff.
@AllenHanPR 21 hours ago

Boeing : How to lose a company in 10 months.
@CoolNinja925 23 hours ago

If it’s Boeing I ain’t going
@TheReal_JG 17 hours ago

Internal disagreements: the bosses and politicians want a quick fix to save face, but the engineers are reminiscing about the Challenger and Columbia incidents.
@KevinInPhoenix 22 hours ago

Since they've been using thrusters in manned spacecraft since the early 1960's you'd think they'd have it perfected by now.