Boeing is taking another charge against earnings of $250 million on its CST-100 Starliner commercial crew program as the company’s new leader vowed it will not walk away from troubled programs like…
While I think Sierra Space would have done better than Boeing, they seem closer culturally, organizationally, operationally, etc to Lockheed than they are to SpaceX.
Probably, but it’s looking increasingly unlikely that they will fit in all 6 flights.
As for Dreamchaser, well, hindsight is 20:20, and Dreamchaser has had its own share of delays. Would development have been faster with increased funding from NASA? Probably, but its difficult to know by how much. Its easy to imagine a parallel universe where NASA is getting flack for choosing Dreamchaser instead of going with the “reliable Boeing option”.
I hope Dreamchaser flies soon though, and that a crewed variant is eventually developed.
I wonder if Starliner will be operational before the ISS is decommissioned. NASA should have picked Dreamchaser instead.
While I think Sierra Space would have done better than Boeing, they seem closer culturally, organizationally, operationally, etc to Lockheed than they are to SpaceX.
Probably, but it’s looking increasingly unlikely that they will fit in all 6 flights.
As for Dreamchaser, well, hindsight is 20:20, and Dreamchaser has had its own share of delays. Would development have been faster with increased funding from NASA? Probably, but its difficult to know by how much. Its easy to imagine a parallel universe where NASA is getting flack for choosing Dreamchaser instead of going with the “reliable Boeing option”.
I hope Dreamchaser flies soon though, and that a crewed variant is eventually developed.