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to return its two stranded astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore on board a SpaceX spacecraft sometime next year, forcing Boeing's plagued Starliner to return empty.before and during its journey to the International Space Station, forcing NASA to come up with an alternative ride back for its crew., Boeing executives were fuming as NASA made its decision.
Mark Nappi, the head of Boeing's Commercial Crew Program, kept things relatively civil in an email to employees obtained by the"I know this is not the decision we had hoped for, but we stand ready to carry out the actions necessary to support NASA’s decision," he wrote. "The focus remains first and foremost on ensuring the safety of the crew and spacecraft."
once it makes its return journey. Some experts suggest that the company may ditch the project entirely. If it does try again,"Teams on the ground are able to remotely command the spacecraft if needed through the necessary maneuvers for a safe undocking, re-entry, and parachute-assisted landing in the southwest United States," the agency wrote in the update.
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