Boeing wasn't happy, and they made that perfectly clear to us. But what's the headline if there's a catastrophic failure? It's not 'Boeing killed two astronauts,' it's 'NASA killed two astronauts.' So no, it's better safe than sorry.
I know this is not the decision we had hoped for, but we stand ready to carry out the actions necessary to support NASA's decision. The focus remains first and foremost on ensuring the safety of the crew and spacecraft.
We have had so many embarrassments lately, we're under a microscope. This just made it, like, 100 times worse.
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