[wongarsu]

Which is relevant insofar as Boeing's Starliner was on track to be the first American vehicle to deliver astronauts to the ISS in nearly a decade, but after their pretty bad test flight SpaceX overtook them and are now getting that sweet PR instead.

[khuey]

It's been a bit of a horse race. SpaceX was kind of in the lead for a while but then their capsule's thruster blew up in a ground test which set them back several months. Then Boeing failed their test flight which let SpaceX get back in the lead.

[bronson]

Except Boeing's Starliner so far has cost Nasa almost 2X as much as SpaceX, and is aiming for prices at around 2/3 more per astronaut (55mil SpaceX vs 90mil Boeing).

If it's a horse rase, the plough horse is neck-and-neck with the thoroughbred.