'Better Than 50% Chance' SpaceX Brings Astronauts Home; Starliner Is a Disaster David Strom

Is Boeing a perfect metaphor for the Establishment in America?

Boeing's Starliner has been an unmitigated disaster. 

• It cost taxpayers nearly twice as much to develop, 
• costs nearly (or more than) twice as much to fly,
• is years behind schedule, 
• has faced one problem after another, and 
• has stranded astronauts in space for months as NASA and Boeing try to figure out whether it is safe to fly home.

NASA has been making contingency plans to possibly use Space Dragon to rescue the astronauts, although there are political reasons to avoid the drastic move--at least before the election. 

Safety concerns may override political ones, and at this point they likely will, despite this administration not wanting to hurt Boeing or, especially, make Elon Musk look good...

...One informed source said it was greater than a 50-50 chance that the crew would come back on Dragon. Another source said it was significantly more likely than not they would...