Ranking Member Lofgren Statement on Program Investigation Team Report for Starliner Crewed Flight Test

WASHINGTON, DC – Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) made the following statement on the NASA Program Investigation Team report for the Starliner crewed flight test:

“While I am still reviewing the Program Investigation Team report released today on the Starliner crewed flight test, I am deeply concerned about the breach of NASA’s safety culture. The fact that the risks could have led to catastrophe and the loss of our dedicated NASA astronauts is alarming. It is imperative that NASA and Boeing immediately ingest the lessons from the failures involved in the Starliner mishap, and that the entire agency and contractor community take lessons from this, especially as we stand on the cusp of Artemis II and seek to maximize progress on the even more challenging goal of again landing our astronauts on the surface of the Moon. I appreciate that NASA is treating this with the level of seriousness that it deserves. As Ranking Member, I commit to carrying out oversight of NASA’s and Boeing’s actions to make the necessary changes and address the multiple failures identified in the report.”

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