Starliner -- Worse than we knew

[Ray Tackett]

A well-repected space reporter interviews old friend Butch Wilmore. https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...usters-failed/

[Scott Dyer HPN/NY]

Wow, Ray. Wow. Just read the article. Thank you.

[Ray Tackett]

That's a close call on a par with Apollo 13.

[Russell Holton]

That was ugly. Things headed badly south and not much you could do about it.

[Ray Tackett]

That was ugly. Things headed badly south and not much you could do about it.

Indeed. Airplane flight controls lock neutral in one axis, you can play aerodynamic games to maintain some degree of control. No air, no aerodyamics. Vacuum sucks.