NASA’s Commercial Crew Program was built to give America multiple ways to put astronauts into orbit. Dragon has been an extraordinary success, and we want Starliner to become another reliable option. Boeing and NASA have worked through the findings from Crew Flight Test, and now it’s time to get... back to flying: uncrewed Starliner-1 before the end of the year, then work toward returning crew to the vehicle within two years.show more

Starliner made a total joke of itself. What a shame.

Respectfully, enough of this waste. They had their chance. They were given more than @SpaceX and failed miserably. Enough. Stop wasting our tax dollars.

Trusting Boeing Starliner is insane. I don't think any astronaut would want to board that death trap. I think they'd prefer Starship over Starliner at this point lol.

not multiple ways at any price, Boeing has to be cheaper than SpaceX if you want competition

Redundancy only works when both paths are genuinely reliable. Getting Starliner back to flight is one thing. Making it a trusted second path is the bigger test.

Guys SpaceX is winding down Dragon. Maybe someday in the not distant future Starship can be crew rated. But NASA needs something to fill the gap and Starliner is the best of some tough options. I don’t love it but the price tag is actually not that bad tbh.

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Why should Boeing, a highly profitable company, get millions more to fix their Starliner problems ? Didn’t they get twice as much as SpaceX to build human rated capsule on a fixed cost basis. NASA’s desire to have two capsule option, which is commendable, should not come at the expense of taxpayers expense.

@NASASpox Just cut the cord with Boeing. Like the ISS is gonna be decommissioned in like 8-9 years

Jared, what will you be watching most closely on the uncrewed flight? I'm curious what it needs to demonstrate before NASA is ready to put astronauts aboard again.

We are going to watch and gather data on everything. We have learned from every uncrewed and crewed flight of Starliner. No doubt we will learn more, especially with the intent to stress certain components of the prop system. We will learn from the partial fixes already implemented for Starliner 1, and I am sure from unexpected developments as well. That data, and the resulting fixes, will be important to roll into Starliner 2 alongside the other remediation efforts already in development that will be necessary for the safe operation of the vehicle.

Time to human rate Dream Chaser

Taxpayers want their money back from Boeing. They built a product that does not work, scrap the program!

Starship will likely be human-rated before Starliner. Sometimes it is impossible for old-school management to fix a pile of hot steaming mess. But politically, $400 million to keep Boeing and politicians happy is probably the right move. In Jared I trust.

Mr. Isaacman, while we're on the subject of having multiple ways to put astronauts into space, are you looking non-rocket space launch options? Things like Mass Drivers and Launch Loops are technically feasible, would reduce the cost of launch by 90% or more, and dramatically increase our launch capacity. There are several options that could be built for 1-2x NASA's annual budget. And given the incredible economic opportunities like asteroid mining or orbital computing, they are likely to pay themselves off thousands, if not millions of times over.

@johnkrausphotos Boeing has to just suck it up and send at least 3 missions with no humans for testing. Maybe some cargo in a people-mover, or something. They're mortified and worried that someone will die in that thing, or harm ISS.

Even if they’re not qualified.

Putting humans in space is a mistake. Nothing but a waste of taxpayer money.