Boeing may give up hope on the Starliner spacecraft, which is halfway through its first real mission, and completely scrap the project on which it spent billions of dollars.

Boeing, the aviation company that aims to compete with companies such as SpaceX and Blue Origin with the space shuttles it has developed, came very close to making this dream a reality in June. The space shuttle Starliner, which Boeing has been working on for a long time, successfully completed its journey to the International Space Station on June 6 and delivered the two astronauts it carried to their places of duty in low Earth orbit. Boeing would finally receive the reward of its years of efforts and billions of dollars of investment…

Until preparations began for the return of the Starliner. When NASA began conducting tests for the return, it realized that its Starliner was not fit for return. Having done its best to make Starliner suitable for return in the past three months, NASA finally threw in the towel last week and admitted that it was unable to bring back the astronauts Starliner had taken. Moreover, SpaceX’s space shuttle would “rescue” the astronauts who were stranded on the ISS for months because of Boeing’s space shuttle.

This adventure, in which Boeing set out with the dream of participating in the space race, turned into one of the biggest fiascos of recent years. This crisis, which caused Boeing to seriously lose its prestige, also shook the confidence in the company’s space vehicles. So much so that this project may go to waste altogether.

This week, Boeing executives were asked whether the Starliner project would continue despite this setback. The Boeing executive’s illegal answer to this question did not go unnoticed. If there was no truth behind the rumors, the Boeing executive would definitely say that such a situation is out of the question and emphasize their determination on this project. But it didn’t happen that way. Boeing executive refuses to make a statement in this direction avoided. This showed that the company may have to completely abandon this project, for which it actually spent 1.6 billion dollars.

As if this were not enough, Boeing’s other projects at NASA are now also being reviewed. Certain parts of the SLS, which will be used in NASA’s flight to the Moon, were also produced by Boeing. New reports that have emerged now show that Boeing is both far behind the schedule and already over its budget in these projects.

It will be clear today whether the astronauts stranded in the International Space Station because of Boeing will be brought back with the SpaceX rocket.

As you know, regular flights are made to the International Space Station, which is in low Earth orbit. While new astronauts and cosmonauts come and go there, materials are regularly supplied for the work there. So far, these flights have been running largely smoothly. Because NASA entrusted these flights to SpaceX. However, when Boeing got involved, a major crisis emerged.

Starliner, the spacecraft that Boeing sent to the International Space Station almost four months ago, failed in its first manned mission. Starliner arrived at the space station, but when it started to return, it gave an error. Starliner, which seems unable to safely return the astronauts it brought to the ISS to Earth, has been stranded on the ISS ever since. Along with him, the astronauts he took also remained on the ISS. Although NASA attempted to bring these astronauts back with SpaceX’s rocket, it gave up this decision after Boeing’s harsh reaction. Boeing was given one last chance.

The deadline given to Boeing for this last attempt has expired. NASA decided today whether it will bring back astronauts who have been waiting for months at the space station to return to Earth with SpaceX’s rocket. will give. This decision will be shared with the public at a press conference to be held in the evening.

It would be a great loss of prestige for Boeing if the astronauts who were stranded on the International Space Station because of Boeing were brought home by SpaceX’s rocket after almost four months. Boeing, which has spent billions of dollars to be assertive in space travel, may have difficulty accepting new missions from NASA due to this failure, and may also have difficulty convincing people that space tourism, which it plans to implement soon, is safe.