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>>12763814
>half century later, we can't even get this piece of shit to work properly

What were they thinking?

NASA and Boeing set do-over Starliner orbital test flight for March 2021
>A moment nearly ten years in the making. >After receiving a formal development award on 18 April 2011 for their CST-100 crew capsule, Boeing sent its Starliner spacecraft on its inaugural flight, albeit one that will be cut short.
>The uncrewed test, known as the Orbital Flight Test — or OFT — launched on a modified United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, at 06:36:43 EST (11:36:43 UTC) on Friday, 20 December 2019.
>However, the mission to the ISS – set for docking 25 hours after launch – was placed into doubt after Starliner suffered an orbital insertion issue. It was later confirmed that an issue with the Mission Elapsed Clock timing for the orbital insertion burn has forced the decision to return Starliner to White Sands, as opposed to docking with the ISS, by Sunday.
https://techcrunch.com/2020/12/10/nasa-and-boeing-set-do-over-starliner-orbital-test-flight-for-march-2021/

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2019/12/boeing-ula-momentous-starliner-uncrewed-test-flight/