NASA inspector general gives damning assessment of Boeing's quality control

Amid ongoing issues with Boeing’s Starliner spaceship, a report from NASA’s Inspector General highlights other shortcomings of the company's aerospace work.

Ongoing issues with Boeing’s Starliner spaceship have been front and center this summer, but a new government report highlights other shortcomings of the company's aerospace work.

The report, released Thursday by NASA’s Office of Inspector General, calls into question Boeing’s standards and quality control for its part in NASA’s efforts to return astronauts to the moon.

In NASA's development of its next-generation megarocket, known as the Space Launch System, it gave Boeing the contract to build the rocket system’s powerful upper stage.

But according to the report, Boeing’s quality control systems fall short of NASA’s requirements, and some known deficiencies have gone unaddressed. What's more, the workers on the project are not, as a whole, sufficiently experienced or well trained, according to the inspector general.

The report brings additional scrutiny to Boeing, which is already dealing with problems plaguing the first crewed flight of its Starliner capsule.

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/nasa-report-boeing-damning-assessments-rcna165813

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