boeing's starliner just undocked from the ISS and its coming back to earth [maybe] unmanned .......so run or dig a hole
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Which is more likely to happen, a door comes off ( it's a Boeing) or it has a less than happy landing?
The thing that just does Not instill my confidence, It's 2024 21st century and It all just remains so primitive in design for a survivable landing after reentry. Talk about low-Tech. delivery system that still can't move past drag Drogue's deployed to slow, and extract Round Parachutes for inflation. Reality is that it still just leaves human crew as a Billion dollar wind-drift that will be hitting the deck in a 'estimated LZ area' using an onboard inflatable airbag impact cushion... aka : compression impact avoidance.
( It all works ), but you throw in variables of one or two malfunctions to disrupt the mechanical order of completion, and desert hard pan is pretty unforgiving .
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old and past its life time but still steered somewhat to Australia .....boeing's vehicle was brand new
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