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		Tuna-Fish on Oct 19, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: NASA freezes Starliner missions ISS is not going to stay up there for long enough for a new second supplier to make sense.

justinclift on Oct 21, 2024 [–]

That doesn't seem right. It's supposed to be up there through to 2030+, and the point of a 2nd supplier is just to ensure there aren't any blocker level problems if a single supplier has issues.

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