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A comment on Boeing Starliner updates: Spacecraft flies into wrong orbit, jeopardizing test. Parent comment

Re:Boeing Starliner updates: Spacecraft flies into wrong orb... by magduf on Friday December 20, 2019 @04:45PM (#21847636)
I'll name two things: 1) Government pay 2) Government shutdowns

But regardless, this was a Boeing spacecraft; it wasn't built by NASA (NASA generally does systems engineering; contractors build things like this).

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Re:Boeing Starliner updates: Spacecraft flies into wrong orb... by dgoodell on Friday December 20, 2019 @05:44PM (#21848045)
A government shutdown is a basically surprise paid vacation, as long as you have enough cash to skip a couple paychecks.
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