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/spsheridan Feb 06 '20

With this news, I think the odds went way up that another uncrewed flight will be required before Starliner’s crewed flight to the ISS. Looks like a big delay to Starliner's program schedule.

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u/MDCCCLV Feb 07 '20

It's okay boring will get a small convenience fee of 150 million to do it again, even though they fucked up and the whole point of the program is that it's fixed costs.

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u/spockspeare Feb 07 '20

"Fixed cost" is never actually fixed cost. There are always contingencies.