Testing opportunities missed ahead of ill-fated Boeing Starliner spaceflight, review finds
Read full article: Testing opportunities missed ahead of ill-fated Boeing Starliner spaceflight, review findsLast week, Boeing Starliner Program Manager John Mulholland said Boeing will now test the spacecraft software from start to finish prior to launch. The Boeing Starliner Orbital Test Flight on Dec. 20 was part of the process to certify the spacecraft to fly NASA astronauts. “Quite frankly we don’t know,” Loverro said when asked about another uncrewed test flight. Boeing’s Senior Vice President Jim Chilton said the company is ready to repeat a test flight without a crew, if NASA asks. A high-visibility close call like Starliner’s triggers a review of Boeing as a whole in addition to the independent review just completed, according to NASA.