Disaster! NASA's Worst Decision to Launch Starliner Again…Elon Musk's Reaction!?

Disaster! NASA's Worst Decision to Launch Starliner Again…Elon Musk's Reaction!?
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Disaster! NASA's Worst Decision to Launch Starliner Again…Elon Musk's Reaction!?
Boeing Starliner project is one of the most wasteful investments NASA has ever undertaken!
After more than 10 years of development and a $4.6 billion investment, it remains stuck in the testing phase. SpaceX’s Dragon even had to step in to fix the mess it left behind, bringing back two of their astronauts.
Badly, NASA is still burning through its budget on this vehicle, with yet another Crew Mission scheduled for mid-year.
Will this be NASA’s worst decision ever?
Let’s dive in and find out on today’s episode of Alpha Tech.
Disaster! NASA's Worst Decision to Launch Starliner Again…Elon Musk's Reaction!?
Despite the failed crewed test flight of the CST-100 Starliner on June 5, 2024, and Boeing’s $2 billion loss in developing this spacecraft, NASA is still moving forward. The agency is now evaluating options for another test flight before allowing Starliner to begin regular missions to the ISS.
More specifically, during a press conference after SpaceX’s Crew Dragon wrapped up the Crew-9 mission on March 18, Steve Stich, NASA’s Commercial Crew Program manager, confirmed that the agency is planning another Starliner test flight, possibly this year. Whether it will carry crew or not is still up in the air, but it has to happen before Starliner can start regular crew rotation missions to the ISS.
Disaster! NASA's Worst Decision to Launch Starliner Again…Elon Musk's Reaction!?
He said: "What we’d like to do is that one flight and then get into a crew rotation flight," Steve added, "So, the next flight up would really test all the changes we’re making to the vehicle, and then the next flight beyond that, we really need to get Boeing into a crew rotation. So, that’s the strategy."
And this is where the debate begins. One side argues that if Starliner continues to be developed and tested, it could eventually succeed, giving NASA another crew transport option and reducing reliance on Russia’s Soyuz or SpaceX’s Dragon.
On the flip side, critics argue that after years of delays, technical problems, and billions in extra costs, pushing Starliner forward at this point is just throwing good money after bad, especially when SpaceX’s Crew Dragon is already out there doing the job reliably and for way less.

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