Today NASA announced
the release of their
report on the 2024 Starliner crewed flight test (CFT) that resulted in the
two-person crew remaining on the ISS while the Starliner returned to Earth
uncrewed. The two crew members returned much later on a special Crew-Dragon
flight. While no one died in this incident, this report will probably end up
ranking with the Columbia and Endeavor reports in importance to US manned space
flight programs.
The quote about the report that is catching the most attention comes from the announcement today where NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman noted: “Beyond technical issues, it is clear that NASA permitted overarching programmatic objectives of having two providers capable of transporting astronauts to-and-from orbit, influence engineering and operational decisions, especially during and immediately after the mission.”
For more detailed discussions about the report and its importance,
see the articles here
and here.
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