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Ridgewood NJ, NASA is preparing contingency plans for Boeing’s Starliner astronauts to potentially return from the International Space Station (ISS) in February 2025. This announcement marks the latest setback in Boeing’s troubled journey to launch its inaugural crewed mission to space.
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Ridgewood NJ, two astronauts who have been stuck in space weeks longer than planned remain optimistic about their safe return to Earth despite the ongoing issues with Boeing’s troubled Starliner capsule. NASA test pilots Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams expressed confidence during their first news conference from orbit on Wednesday.
Their predicament began last month when helium leaks and thruster failures were discovered on the new Starliner capsule. Despite these challenges, Williams stated, “I have a real good feeling in my heart that the spacecraft will bring us home, no problem.”
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Newark NJ, on Thursday, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) initiated an investigation into whether Boeing failed to ensure its aircraft adhered to safety regulations, following the recent midair blowout of a panel on one of its planes. The FAA formally notified Boeing of the investigation, expressing concern that the incident should not have occurred and emphasizing the need to prevent its recurrence.
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Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Tuesday, August 3, Starliner will launch on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
by VERONIQUE DE RUGY July 13, 2017 3:10 PM
It is unfortunate that so many Republicans, conservatives lawmakers, and pundits conflate being pro-market with being pro-business. These are two separate things. Unfortunately, this confusion has produced thousands of government handouts and privileges to companies in the name of being pro-business — and these companies have developed a sense of entitlement. Worst of all, for many of them, government-granted privileges are an inherent part of their business models.
The latest example of this has to do with the nomination by President Trump of former Representative Scott Garrett to become the new president of the crony Export-Import Bank. The institution has been pretty much zombified since 2015 thanks to a few Republicans in Congress who actually believe in the free-market and despise government subsidies (no matter what form they take) to big businesses. As a reminder, during the heyday of the Ex-Im Bank, ten massive domestic companies benefited from 65 percent of the agency’s activities, which subsidized loans to equally massive and often state-owned foreign companies. Also, while the bank also subsidizes billion of dollars in loans to companies in countries that President Trump claims are hurting us on trade, such as China and Mexico, Trump has reversed his position on Ex-Im and wants it up and running and sponsoring large firms again. Go figure. The silver lining is that while the bank will be back in business, at least the man he has nominated understands full well the many problems with the institution — including fraud, abuse, and mismanagement. Scott Garrett was a staunch opponent of the Ex-Im Bank and he is exactly the kind of guy you want there
Read more at: https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/449467/cronies-will-be-cronies