Boeing Starliner astronaut drops out of first crewed test flight

A Boeing Starliner test flight pilot is now dropping out of the first crewed mission for the spacecraft. Astronaut Christopher Ferguson says he has commitments in 2021 that simply can't be postponed and will have to sit out the first crewed mission after being named its commander. The mission is expected to take place by mid-2021. Boeing's Starliner project has been riddled with delays and setbacks pretty much from the moment it got started. The most public and visible of these setbacks was the ...