WOEING: Major Tom Not Coming Home on Starliner — What Next for Boeing? “There’s no way NASA will certify Starliner for manned missions without yet another crewed flight test to the ISS. You know, one that ends successfully with the astronauts coming back home in the same space capsule they arrived in. Since Starliner is done on a fixed-price basis, that extra flight test — just like the extra unmanned flight test in 2022 — will come out of Boeing’s pocket.”