NASA Admits Starliner Can't Fly

Whether Boeing will learn the lesson that DEI is not working for them, remains to be seen. NASA Finally Cuts the Cord: Starliner Grounded Until Boeing Learns DEI Won't Fly to Space - Flopping Aces

The news was that, despite having invested $5 billion in the project, NASA reluctantly deleted Boeing’s troubled Starliner from all upcoming scheduled space missions through at least 2026. The change leaves SpaceX’s Dragon as the agency’s lone domestic provider. (NASA also demurely confirmed it will continue seat-swapping with the Russians on certain space station missions).

Adding insult to injury, NASA’s decision comes as two of its astronauts remain stranded on the International Space Station, where they will be literally hanging out until February.

Of course NASA and Boeing have a cozy relationship, or they did, until this little thing came up.

Ironically, NASA originally considered dividing its multi-billion dollar budget between blue-blooded Boeing and scrappy SpaceX, but ultimately decided to award nearly all the money to Boeing. SpaceX was largely forced to self-finance, while Boeing built its now sidelined spaceship using taxpayer dollars.

As for DEI and the difference between how the two companies approached it, click thru. You won't be surprised.