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		daveevad on Aug 25, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: NASA announces Boeing Starliner crew will return o... > - Starliner leaving ISS autonomously early September What shall we make of all of this should it succeed?

tlb on Aug 25, 2024 [–]

Suppose they’ve estimated the risk of failure (and killing the astronauts) as 10%. Then

- returning Starliner empty is the correct decision

- a successful return doesn’t indicate they were wrong about the risk

- the experts will learn a lot more from poring over mission data

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