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But it was only by chance that it re-entered "successfully". Not a good statement.

One way or another the thrusters had problems, so what is meant by the exclaim "Astronauts would have been fine on Boeing's Starliner during landing" ? (see https://www.space.com/nasa-boeing-starliner-cft-could-have-returned-safely-with-crew-nasa-says) The Starliner made it to reentry -...

It was reported that the thrusters went "off-line". That spells Single Event Upset (SEU) which is from radiation. The electronics that control the thrusters were probably weak and didn't have enough shielding. Check this...