I fail to understand how they can’t come down in a Dragon while Starliner returns unmanned.
Would be egg on the face of Boeing but not Harris or NASA. Seems to me the egg would land where it belongs.
Would be egg on the face of Boeing but not Harris or NASA. Seems to me the egg would land where it belongs.
It's not like there are Dragon capsules just floating around up there. Right now, the one docked to the ISS is earmarked for the return of Crew 8. The next one up will bring Crew 9, and it needs to stay on-orbit for their return.
The Dragon capsules hold 4 people, so if these Starliner astronauts need to come down on a Dragon then Crew 9 will have to drop by two in order to equalize the number of astronauts and seats.
Send Boeing the bill. Not really kidding.
How about the border czar for the state of the border?
I suspect (with heavy irony) that such decisions are delegated to, well... NASA; and indeed, were they not, there's a problem with the whole setup.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases...