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In 2014 NASA awarded contracts to two companies to build spacecraft capable of bringing astronauts and cargo to the International Space Station.
SpaceX received $2.6 billion, launched first mission in 2020 and has done 13 crew missions with 49 astronauts so far.
Boeing received $4.2 billion, first mission 2024 and stranded at the space station with leaks. Likely a total loss and the astronauts will be need to be rescued by SpaceX. Even worse, the software on Starliner cannot handle an automated undocking, possibly resulting in Starliner being permanently blocking one of two ports needed for other capsules to arrive.
https://x.com/WallStreetSilv/status/1822882624655818911
Boeing, twice the budget and time, and the outsourced code can't handle an undocking.
It's now highly likely the stranded astronauts will end up leaving the International Space Station on a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft.
https://x.com/ajtourville/status/1820118331061321828