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What's the suit situation here? Did SpaceX make two new suits for them to use on the way back, or are they using their Boeing suits to fly back?

I'd imagine the former, but genuinely curious this time.

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I believe new suits where made/available somehow. The SpaceX and Boeing suits are not compatible with the others space craft.

They should be! Have we not learned anything from Apollo? :D Or atleast provision an adapter or something.

Not sure how soon if ever Boeing is going to be putting astronauts in space again. I see Blue Origin stepping up and taking their place. Agreed though, should be a set of compatible standards for space suits.

Normally I would disagree with you, but Boeing is facing death by a thousand cuts right now. I could see the US government not letting them fail however. So I’d give it 50/50, not 100% no-fly-again

Yep, Boeing indirectly employs millions in the US. They are going to get a taxpayer funded bailout and golden parachutes whether or not we like it.

Boeing and gov employed sunk cost fallacy. Even if they do cancel it they’ll just restart the same project in 5yrs for twice the cost and a new name

Blue origin so far is a litigation company masquerading as a space company. I'll believe it when I see it.

The goal of two commercial vehicles was dissimilar redundancy. But yeah this should be worked on in the not too distant future.

Found the answer:

> Stich said there is a space suit already on the ISS that one of the astronauts can use for the return trip, and the Crew 9 mission will bring another suit.

https://fortune.com/2024/08/24/boeing-starliner-astronauts-n...

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