Is Eric Berger right about how the Starliner saga will play out?
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Starliner-1 flies in 2026
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NASA pays Boeing to fly Starliner with cargo in 2025
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Starliner returns uncrewed with minimal problems in the next month

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Separate markets for each of the three clauses, plus one for all three of them being true.

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"Starliner returns uncrewed with minimal problems": Minimal problems is somewhat subjective, but I'll interpret it as meaning there's nothing big and glaring that's reported right away.

"NASA pays Boeing to fly Starliner with cargo in 2025": Resolves when the mission flies, not when the contract is awarded. "with cargo" = no crew, more stuff in it than there was on the previous uncrewed demo.

"Starliner-1": The next crewed Starliner flight, whether it uses the Starliner-1 designation or not. An uncrewed mission named Starliner-1 would be against the spirit of the prediction and would not count.

"In the next month": September 9, 11:59 PM Eastern

"In 2025", "In 2026": After January 1 12:00 AM and before December 31, 11:59 PM Eastern of the respective year

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bought Ṁ1,920 Starliner returns un... YES

It had a thruster problem but landed successfully. I'd say that counts within the realm of "minimal".

https://blogs.nasa.gov/commercialcrew/2024/09/07/starliner-lands-in-new-mexico/

Starliner return estimated for September 6 allegedly - cutting it pretty close for this market!

https://twitter.com/SciGuySpace/status/1827397429282611456

"in the next month" could refer to the month of September. I'd argue that he actually meant it that way, as by that point he was aware that Starliner needed 4 weeks for the software update.

Oh you had it defined in the description. Nevermind then!

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