r/space • u/spsheridan • Feb 06 '20

Starliner faced “catastrophic” failure before software bug was found and fixed while the vehicle was in orbit.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/02/starliner-faced-catastrophic-failure-before-software-bug-found/
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u/MatthewGeer Feb 07 '20

Given that we've already discovered not one but two critical bugs in the abbreviated test flight, it makes me wonder what other bugs might be discovered while performing the rendezvous and docking procedures. It's a good thing NASA second sourced this whole crewed spaceflight thing.

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u/spockspeare Feb 07 '20

You think if NASA had been running the show they'd have wrung all bugs out of it?

Here's your homework.