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Starliner spacesuits not compatible with SpaceX Dragon (boingboing.net)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago

It was intentionally not specified. NASA wanted two dissimilar spacecraft so a flaw with one wouldnโ€™t ground the other. If they had specified a common space suit and an issue came up with it, then both Dragon and Starliner would be out of action.