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Apart from technical execution, Ortberg identified Boeing’s errors in cost and risk estimation as other reasons for the company’s poor performance on several fixed-price government contracts, including Starliner. “We’re not going to be able to just wave the wand and clean up these troubled contracts,” he said. “We signed up to some things that are …
The beleaguered Starliner spacecraft, built by Boeing, successfully landed in New Mexico just after midnight Eastern time, ending a crucial test flight that proved to be a real headache for NASA. Officials at the space agency feared that Starliner’s thrusters might malfunction during its return, just as some thrusters had on its journey to the …
UPDATE: NOW CONFIRMED Fox News: “NASA astronaut reports ‘strange noises’ coming from Starliner” Watch the latest video at foxnews.com A NASA astronaut at the International Space Station (ISS) on Saturday reported hearing a “strange noise” coming from the Boeing Starliner spacecraft just days before it is set to leave the station and return to Earth …
