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Podcast: Main Engine Cut Off
Episode: T+4: Boeing’s CST-100, SpaceX’s Dragon 2, and a Scorched Falcon 9
Description: Boeing announced a 6 month delay in the schedule for their CST-100 crew vehicle. SpaceX’s Dragon 2 is in the lead to be the first Commercial Crew vehicle to fly. The most recently-returned Falcon 9 took a ton of damage on its way back to the drone ship and won’t fly again, but will provide a ton of data for SpaceX to use to make improvements to future Falcon 9 stages.
Boeing delays first crewed CST-100 flight to 2018 - SpaceNews.com
Starliner’s first complete hull mated at Kennedy; crew launch delayed to 2018 | NASASpaceFlight.com
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