
“We are strategically using the extra time to clear a path for some critical station activities while completing readiness for Butch and Suni’s return on Starliner, and gaining valuable insight into the system upgrades we will want to make for post-certification missions.”
–Statement by Steve Stich, manager of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, regarding delays in the return of Boeing’s Starliner capsule. The language is becoming as flowery as SpaceX’s language when something goes wrong. NASA has already nixed the June 26 return date and has yet to provide a new date.