NASA chief classifies Starliner flight as “Type A” mishap, says agency made mistakes

"The most troubling failure revealed by this investigation is not hardware."

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[randomuser42]

Since the Trump administration is "perfect" and never makes mistakes, not less publicly admitting to them, I will be very surprised if this doesn't cost Isaacman his job—especially for doing the right thing (another Trumpian no-no) and claiming Trump's NASA isn't perfect.

This happened in 2024, so they'll just blame Biden

 

[randomuser42]

This is absolutely true, but I'm afraid it doesn't go far enough. NASA seems to be losing its way on robotic spaceflight as well--just look at the flaming dumpster full of money (and no guarantee of timeliness, or even success) Mars Sample Return has wound up becoming.

Some missions are doomed at an architectural level. They approved it in September 2022 and paused it 14 months later because of the growing cost and complexity, and it is effectively cancelled. For NASA program management that qualifies as decisive action.