NASA points fingers at Boeing and chaotic culture for Starliner debacle

NASA has released the findings from its investigation of the ill-fated crewed Boeing Starliner mission of 2024, and while it still isn't sure of the root technical causes, it's admitted that trusting Boeing to do a thorough job appears to have been a mistake. 

NASA administrator Jared Isaacman copped to leadership failures across the org during a press conference on Thursday, explaining that while there were definitely technical issues with Starliner during the manned flight that left astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams stranded on the International Space Station for months, those technical issues only arose because of leadership and oversight failures. 

"We returned the crew safely, but the path we took did not reflect NASA at our best," Isaacman said. The NASA chief added that it was down to flight controllers and crew making the right decisions that resulted in the astronauts arriving safely on the ISS ...