Comments on: First Virgin Orbit launch pending? https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/first-virgin-orbit-launch-pending/ Thu, 06 Feb 2020 22:28:35 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Scott M. https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/first-virgin-orbit-launch-pending/#comment-1076294 Thu, 06 Feb 2020 22:28:35 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=63454#comment-1076294 Another ‘Capitalism in Space’ moment, but not a good one. Looks like Boeing’s Starliner had *another* software fault during its test flight. It could have resulted in loss of vehicle during reentry had they not patched the fault mid-flight.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/02/starliner-faced-catastrophic-failure-before-software-bug-found/

Yikes.

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