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Re:Boeing Starliner's first crewed mission scrubbed by adolph on Tuesday May 07, 2024 @05:16PM (#40291591)
> do the stack of paperwork for crew rating the combo of Starliner and Vulcan.

Or/and Falcon 9!

Starliner is designed for compatiblity with . . . Falcon 9, and Vulcan Centaur.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_Starliner

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Re:Boeing Starliner's first crewed mission scrubbed by dotnet00 on Tuesday May 07, 2024 @09:31PM (#40293462)
Putting it on Falcon 9 would not be ideal since then you're back to having a single point of failure in terms of preventing crewed launches by the US. Plus, considering that they don't exactly like SpaceX, while being half of what formed ULA...
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