Leonard David's INSIDE OUTER SPACE

While SpaceX ultimately worked through a variety of its own technical challenges and is currently providing continuous crew transportation to the ISS, Boeing’s and NASA’s development efforts to certify the Starliner continue to face challenges that have delayed progress and increased both costs and risks to sustained crew transportation to the ISS through 2030.

Since 2020, Boeing’s flight tests have uncovered numerous unexpected issues resulting in an additional 6 years of delays. These challenges culminated during the first crewed flight test of the Starliner, CFT, in June 2024.

Many of these issues are related to three long-standing technical challenges that have prevented Boeing from obtaining the human-rating certification—helium leaks, propulsion systems failures, and parachute anomalies.

Go to this informative and worrisome NASA Office of Inspector General (OIG) on NASA’s Commercial Crew Program Faces Schedule Delays, Cost Increases, and Safety Challenges at:

https://oig.nasa.gov/audits/nasas-management-of-its-commercial-crew-program/

Also, go to this OIG video on this report at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Qb0XVOwaKc