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https://www.npr.org/2024/08/24/nx-s1-5087892/nasa-starliner-astronaut-return-iss-spacex
That sounds just as bad.
NASA actually made SpaceX do the test flights before putting people on it
Boeing Starliner had crewless test flights, too, including with the very vehicle in question.
This is happening entirely because NASA is applying appropriate regulatory oversight. Boeing has benefitted from privatization and regular/expected government contracts. Their waste and poor practices are being put to the test and exposed.
Hang them out to dry. Very happy to see corruption and waste in the military industrial complex get exposed on a scale we haven't seen in my lifetime. This is all just the tip of the iceberg, but I hope it's the start of a larger correction and clean-up.
Starliner skipped its in-flight abort test and only had one actual uncrewed docking test with the ISS, during which multiple systems failed. That is not adequate testing.