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Testing in production is NEVER a good idea. Yet here we are.
"NASA fears that Boeing's software update could brick one of the two crewed-vehicle docking ports on the ISS. If the space agency decided to autonomously return the Starliner to Earth, it must be absolutely certain that it wouldn't render the port inoperable." https://jalopnik.com/boeing-starliner-could-brick-iss-docking-port-if-crew-a-1851615463
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@estherschindler Yet this still is Boeing's production model.
@estherschindler . I read awhile ago that the thruster section is dumped on the way back so it can't be investigated on earth.
Might not be possible to check in a space suit while still up there. A garage was left out of the ISS design
Also. With its tiny molecules.helium leaks quite readily