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Re:SpaceX launches rescue mission for 2 NASA astronauts who ... by dotnet00 on Saturday September 28, 2024 @11:29PM (#41684661)
>This is a threshold met by a torn parachute on a jet.

Not when it was the preferred option over sticking seats in Crew-8, right up until Starliner's software changes for uncrewed return started.

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Re:SpaceX launches rescue mission for 2 NASA astronauts who ... by JumpCrisscross on Saturday September 28, 2024 @11:34PM (#41684687)
> when it was the preferred option over sticking seats in Crew-8

It was the preferred option before it failed. Between first failure and return it was not the preferred option as it was. It was preferred assuming it worked. But the assumption couldn’t be proven, in part due to Boeing’s shoddy ground sims.

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