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The unrelenting comments about "AWESOME data" (their caps, not mine) are wearing thin. The onboard systems may be working fine, but there's only so much you can learn about thrusters, when you can't actually fire them.

I expect SpaceX will be bringing back two crews.

I expect SpaceX will be bringing back two crews.

Yes. Starliner will never reach Earth in one piece. It will be discarded and disintegrate and burn on re-entry.

The problem isn't how to get the astronauts home.

The problem is how to stop congress forcing NASA to cut funding.

Nobody likes to look foolish. Launching was risky.

Yes, it's still stuck at the ISS. No scheduled return date yet.

Next routine Space-X mission to the ISS, the 9th crewed mission, is in mid-August.

Though Falcon 9 is currently grounded by FAA following the upper stage failure on the last Starlink launch. Hopefully that gets cleared up by then.

When will Starliner come home?