After another Boeing letdown, NASA isn’t ready to buy more Starliner missions
After another Boeing letdown, NASA isn’t ready to buy more Starliner missions
Boeing could earn nearly $2 billion more from NASA if it fully executes on the Starliner contract.
Boeing deserves to die as the money grubbing losers they now are.
22Would splitting it into three separate companies make any difference? Like maybe at least one of the three would get its act together?
3No not at all. It is not a macro problem of organization. It's a micro problem of rich executive fuckwits running the corpo instead of actual engineers.
You can dice it up how ever you want, but if vapid, money-grubbing piles of trash are at the top, it will ALWAYS fail.
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No surprise here. The product does not operate as intended.
10“Oh wow, no shit?”
10NASA has only given Boeing the "Authority To Proceed" for three of its six potential operational Starliner missions. This milestone, known as ATP, is a decision point in contracting lingo where the customer—in this case, NASA—places a firm order for a deliverable. NASA has previously said it awards these task orders about two to three years prior to a mission's launch.
Josh Finch, a NASA spokesperson, told Ars that the agency hasn't made any decisions on whether to commit to any more operational Starliner missions from Boeing beyond the three already on the books.
So if Crew-4 through Crew-6 don't fly, then three Atlas Vs could be up for sale. Perhaps Boeing could use one for CFT-2, should NASA require it :)
4first operational mission for August 2025. But the agency set that schedule before realizing Boeing and Aerojet Rocketdyne would need to redesign seals and perhaps other elements
Not sure this is correct. I had thought the slip from Feb 2025 to Aug 2025 was only announced quite recently. Say, a month ago?
(Not that I'm saying I think the Aug 2025 date will be achieved. I'm 75% sure it won't.)
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