• threelonmusketeersOPM
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    3 days ago

    They’d have to do back to backs, which NASA doesn’t seem interested in.

    Why would NASA have an issue with this?

    • burble@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      3 days ago

      I probably misremembered/misrepresented that. NASA would actually have to book more SpaceX flights to not have Starliner go back-to-back at this point.

      The bigger question might be what Boeing’s refurb/turnaround time is, and whether they can even prep one of their two vehicles and a new service module in 5 months to support a back-to-back.

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        2 days ago

        Ah, I see. I hadn’t though of the launch cadence challenge from Boeing’s side, but I can see how it could be an issue.