Boeing's Calamity Capsule gets another shot at the ISS taxi business

NASA and Boeing are giving Starliner another chance, with an uncrewed cargo flight planned for late 2026/early 2027 and a crewed mission targeted for 2028. The strategic message is that even after major setbacks and heavy sunk costs, organizations may keep investing in a flawed but potentially essential platform to preserve resilience, reduce dependence on a single supplier, and maintain optionality for future operations. For IT leaders, the takeaway is to treat mission-critical platforms as enterprise dependencies: build governance, redundancy, and exit plans before a provider becomes the only viable option.