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Bamaro said:
Per NASA, Starliner is cleared safety wise to return but the delay is for fact finding on the cause of this. The part of the craft that experienced these failures gets jettisoned on re-entry so wont be available for studying.
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Yeah, I posted the update from NASA's head engineer on the Boeing thread in the other NS thread. Lots of media over-reaction.
 
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When I said what I admire about astronomy was that astronomers can observe things "out there," but not interact with them the way a chemist can interact with chemicals or a biologist can interact with living things, this is an example of what I meant.
How did Huygens figure out the Earth was 93 million miles from the sun?
Astronomers just have to think creatively.
I admire that.
 
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From 1440:
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket suffers malfunction for first time since 2016.

The rocket's upper stage encountered an issue that forced it to disintegrate while deploying 20 Starlink satellites in lower-than-intended orbit. The Falcon 9 (see overview) has had over 300 successful launches since its first failure in 2016, when it exploded on the launchpad. The Falcon 9 remains grounded until the Federal Aviation Administration approves SpaceX's investigation into the incident.
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For a long time, it seemed almost certain that the astronauts would return to Earth inside Starliner. However, there has been a lot of recent activity at NASA, Boeing, and SpaceX that suggests that Wilmore and Williams could come home aboard a Crew Dragon spacecraft rather than Starliner. Due to the critical importance of this mission, Ars is sharing what we know as of Thursday afternoon.

One informed source said it was greater than a 50-50 chance that the crew would come back on Dragon. Another source said it was significantly more likely than not they would. To be clear, NASA has not made a final decision. This probably will not happen until at least next week. It is likely that Jim Free, NASA's associate administrator, will make the call.

Asked if it was now more likely than not that Starliner's crew would return on Dragon, NASA spokesperson Josh Finch told Ars on Thursday evening, " NASA is evaluating all options for the return of agency astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams from the International Space Station as safely as possible. No decisions have been made and the agency will continue to provide updates on its planning."
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NASA says it is “evaluating all options” for the safe return of Starliner crew

SpaceX is actively working on a plan to fly Starliner's crew home.
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