{"id":2330988,"date":"2024-08-26T12:00:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T16:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/boeing-staffers-humiliated-as-elon-musks-spacex-steps-in-to-save-stranded-astronauts-report\/"},"modified":"2024-08-26T12:03:43","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T16:03:43","slug":"boeing-staffers-humiliated-as-elon-musks-spacex-steps-in-to-save-stranded-astronauts-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/boeing-staffers-humiliated-as-elon-musks-spacex-steps-in-to-save-stranded-astronauts-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Boeing Staffers &#8216;Humiliated&#8217; as Elon Musk&#8217;s SpaceX Steps in to Save Stranded Astronauts: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fboeing-staffers-humiliated-as-elon-musks-spacex-steps-in-to-save-stranded-astronauts-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2330988&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>NASA has\u200d chosen SpaceX over Boeing for the safe return of \u200dtwo astronauts, \u2062Butch Wilmore and Suni\u200b Williams, from the\u200d International Space Station (ISS). Originally \u2062intended\u2063 to be \u200ban eight<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/four-member-spacex-crew-safely-docks-with-space-station\/\" title=\"Four-member SpaceX crew safely docks with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-slam-psakis-space-force-slight\/\" title=\"Republicans Slam Psaki\u2019s Space Force Slight\">space station<\/a>&#8220;>-day mission<\/a> starting in June, technical issues\u2064 have left the astronauts stranded for months with no clear timeline for \u200creturn. NASA announced plans for their return in February, stating that they would \u2062remain aboard the ISS until\u200d then\u2063 due to logistical \u200bconstraints.<\/p>\n<p>This decision has left Boeing employees feeling humiliated, as they had initially believed that their Starliner capsule would be the safer option for the astronauts\u2019 return. The decision has heightened existing frustrations at Boeing, \u2064where morale is reportedly low due to\u200b various issues, including recent production flaws and a significant financial \u2062loss in the\u200d Starliner project amounting to $1.5\u200b billion in cost\u2062 overruns.<\/p>\n<p>An unnamed Boeing employee expressed regret over the situation, noting that the embarrassment accumulates following earlier operational issues,\u200b including incidents involving\u2063 Boeing airliners. The employee criticized Boeing&#8217;s capabilities and suggested that\u2064 the company \u2063might ultimately need to exit the complex \u2063project, especially\u2064 considering SpaceX&#8217;s demonstrated efficacy in crew\u2064 transport. NASA&#8217;s Commercial Crew Program manager \u2063mentioned that the decision arose from differing opinions about\u200c risk\u2062 management between Boeing and NASA.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> <script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Boeing employees are not happy.<\/p>\n<p>NASA has decided Elon Musk&rsquo;s SpaceX offers a safer route to bring back to Earth two astronauts who have been stuck on the International Space Station for months, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/08\/25\/us-news\/boeing-employees-humiliated-that-spacex-will-save-astronauts-stuck-in-space\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, NASA announced that instead of returning to Earth on the Starliner capsule that brought them to the ISS, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will park in space until next year, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/boeing-spacex-nasa-astronauts-starliner-e4e81e5a6c23dee2f8f72260ddea011c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Associated Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Wilmore and Williams arrived on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/two-nasa-astronauts-stuck-space-indefinitely-boeing-flounders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">space station<\/a> in June on what was supposed to be an eight-day mission. However, technical issues that marred their flight led to them remaining on board with no timetable to return.<\/p>\n<p>NASA announced that they will return in February because no sooner flight from the space station to Earth could accommodate two more people.<\/p>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>The empty <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/astronauts-stuck-space-next-year-boeing-starliner-puts-horrifying-situation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Starliner capsule<\/a> will land by autopilot in September.<\/p>\n<p>All that has left Boeing employees are &ldquo;humiliated,&rdquo; a Florida-based Boeing worker said, according to the Post, which did not use the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-chick-fil-a-employee-uses-his-karate-training-to-fight-off-armed-robber\/\" title=\"Watch: Chick-fil-A Employee Uses His Karate Training to Fight Off Armed Robber\">employee&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s name.<\/p>\n<p>The worker said the humiliation adds to the problems that have piled up ever since part of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/flames-erupt-boeing-737-takeoff-attempt-emergency-emergency-emergency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Boeing airliner<\/a> blew off in mid-flight during January, triggering a closer inspection of what goes on at Boeing that has revealed multiple production flaws.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We have had so many embarrassments lately, we&rsquo;re under a microscope. This just made it, like, 100 times worse,&rdquo; the worker said. &ldquo;We hate SpaceX. We talk s*** about them all the time, and now they&rsquo;re bailing us out.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s shameful. I&rsquo;m embarrassed. I&rsquo;m horrified,&rdquo; the worker said.<\/p>\n<p>Morale is &ldquo;in the toilet,&rdquo; the worker said, as Boeing blames NASA for the slap in the face.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We believed that Starliner could bring them home safely, but NASA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: &#039;Pipeline&#039; to Obama Admin Seen as &#039;Currency&#039;\">didn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t want to chance it,&rdquo; the employee said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They have their own PR issues and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">don&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t need two dead astronauts. But we didn&rsquo;t think that there would be dead astronauts. We&rsquo;d never have recommended that they use us if they thought that it was going to be unsafe for them,&rdquo; the worker said.<\/p>\n<p>Steve Stich, NASA&rsquo;s Commercial Crew Program manager, said talks between NASA and Boeing &ldquo;came down to a little disagreement about risk.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Boeing has racked up about $1.5 billion in cost overruns on the $4.5 billion contract to develop the Starliner.<\/p>\n<p>That means the project could face a harsh decision about its future, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2024-08-25\/boeing-ceo-faces-hard-decisions-after-nasa-s-starliner-rejection\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bloomberg<\/a>, which noted new Chief Executive Officer Kelly Ortberg could decide the venture should be ended.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Do they ultimately exit the program because it&rsquo;s too complicated and because the other guy can do it better? 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On Saturday, NASA revealed that Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will remain in space until next year instead of returning home on the Starliner capsule that initially transported them to the ISS. They arrived at the station in June for what was intended to be an eight-day mission, but technical difficulties extended their stay indefinitely. NASA has now scheduled their return for February due to scheduling conflicts with other flights.<\/p>\n<p>The empty Starliner capsule is set to land autonomously in September. A Boeing employee from Florida expressed feelings of &#8220;humiliation,&#8221; stating that this situation compounds ongoing issues following a serious incident earlier this year when part of a Boeing airliner detached mid-flight, leading to increased scrutiny over production practices at Boeing. The employee lamented, \u201cWe\u2019ve faced so many embarrassments lately; we\u2019re under intense scrutiny now. This just makes it significantly worse.\u201d They also voiced frustration towards SpaceX: \u201cWe criticize them constantly, yet here they are coming to our rescue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The worker described their feelings as &#8220;shameful&#8221; and &#8220;horrified,&#8221; noting that morale within Boeing is extremely low while blaming NASA for this setback: \u201cWe believed Starliner could safely bring them back home, but NASA didn\u2019t want to take any risks.\u201d They added that while they never anticipated any fatalities occurring during the mission, they would not have recommended using their services if safety had been a concern.<\/p>\n<p>Steve Stich, manager of NASA\u2019s Commercial Crew Program, mentioned that discussions between NASA and Boeing ended with some disagreement regarding risk assessment. Boeing has incurred approximately $1.5 billion in cost overruns out of a $4.5 billion contract aimed at developing the Starliner spacecraft\u2014raising questions about its future viability according to Bloomberg reports which suggest new CEO Kelly Ortberg may consider terminating the project altogether.<\/p>\n<p>Analyst Robert Spingarn from Melius Research commented on potential outcomes: \u201cCould they ultimately withdraw from the program because it\u2019s too complex or because another company can execute it better? 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