>Questions have been raised about whether Boeing will remain committed to the Starliner program, which is already a money loser. The company is contracted to fly six missions for NASA after certification of the Starliner vehicle, which will only occur after the crewed flight test. Boeing has already received much of the $4.2 billion from NASA in milestone awards, so it presumably would have to give some of that money back if it did not fly astronauts for NASA. But the cost of flying those missions may be greater than any funding Boeing would have to pay back to NASA.<p>Makes you wonder if Boeing is purposely finding more issues to try and get the program canceled.
It's hard to understand that there would be a flammability issue with lacing tape at this point. It would be one of the first parameters I'd check during product selection.
> Boeing finds two serious problems with Starliner just weeks before launch<p>Wow. This is a sign that they made a review, this means that the development process is still breathing. /s