From: tl@none.invalid   
      
   Alain Fournier   wrote:   
   >The US now has two independent launch systems to ferry astronauts   
   >between Earth and LEO.   
      
   Given that the hydrogen leak is back and getting worse I think we need   
   to wait quite a bit more before we know if it'll be "operational" at   
   the end but I consider that relatively unlikely at this point.   
      
   Now, it also seems unlikely to get bad enough to require emergency   
   measure like stranding the austronauts up there until another   
   (Dragon?) capsule can be sent up but I do expect Starline system will   
   be grounded for a while after the landing.   
      
   I expect that Boeing will be required to figure out what went wrong   
   and propose out a set of remedial actions, get NASA (and possibly FAA)   
   approval for them and then apply them - similar to how SpaceX has   
   worked on Starship & SuperHeavy.   
      
   At which point Starliner either finally become operational OR Boeing   
   need to do yet another test flight if the changes are big enough - I   
   doubt this will happen but it's *possible*.   
      
      
   >If one of the two must be grounded, the other one can step up to   
   >replace it.   
      
   That sounds more like 2025 and 2024...   
      
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