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Re:Boeing CEO ousted as 737 Max crisis deepens by philwelch on Monday December 23, 2019 @12:41PM (#21865331)
Doing the tests is fine, but Boeing is acting as though the tests were successful when they were not. Between this and the parachute issues from the pad abort test, I think actually approving Starliner for crewed use would constitute normalization of deviance. This is historically how astronauts die.
Re:Boeing CEO ousted as 737 Max crisis deepens by stjohnswarts on Tuesday December 24, 2019 @07:44AM (#21871646)
They were partially successful, which is a realistic goal. Few things work flawlessly the first or second go, even rocket science. I'm not sure why you're being so binary here. It's also why it wasn't manned, they have to test to work out the kinks. Overall Starliner was a bigger success than not.
Re:Boeing CEO ousted as 737 Max crisis deepens by philwelch on Tuesday December 24, 2019 @05:40PM (#21875420)
I’m not saying to cancel the thing altogether, just maybe run some more unmanned tests first to make sure.