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on what to do with its two stranded astronauts this weekend, but its option of returning them on Boeing's troubled Starliner is starting to look less and less likely.
A lot is at stake, both in terms of the astronauts' lives and for political capital. Vice president and presidential contender Kamala Harris, who also happens to be the head of the National Space Council, has closely been following the situation while attending the Democratic National Convention this week, and any missteps could become a major issue in the ongoing race.NASA is still carefully analyzing the possible risks and is desperately looking for ways to avoid a disaster.
"This robust exchange of viewpoints is a necessary aspect of the healthy safety culture that’s important to the success of human spaceflight," said NASA’s chief of safety and mission assurance Russ DeLoach. "I’ve been hyper-focused on this concept of combating organizational silence. If you look at both — Challenger and Columbia — you can see cases where people had the right data or a valid position to put forward, but the environment just didn’t allow it.
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