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The company can recover from its problems, but will need to deliver on promises to get its house in order.
NASA’s decision to send Starliner’s crew home on a SpaceX capsule will have implications for Boeing, the agency itself and the astronauts still on the space station.
Traveling to space is riskier than many extreme sports − an increase in private missions could mean more civilians taking that risk.
Nasa’s decision to prioritise the safety of the astronauts, and to work with another commercial partner in finding a solution, is a triumph of wisdom and caution.
Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were supposed to stay around eight days on the space station.
Starliner is only the second vehicle to launch astronauts from US soil since the retirement of the shuttle in 2011.
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