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NASA and Boeing say Starliner astronauts ‘are not stranded,’ but will be on the ISS for a few more weeks (www.engadget.com)
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[–] [email protected] 76 points 4 months ago

They’re not stranded because the part of the capsule that isn’t working has multiple redundancy and is intended to burn up on reentry anyway.

Starliner is perfectly capable of leaving the ISS whenever they want, but they would be unable to continue collecting data on the thruster shutoff (again, because it would burn up in the atmosphere).