[agrajag]

The NASA contract model has already changed substantially. Even Bill Nelson, the current administrator and former senator thinks that cost-plus contracting is no longer the way foreward.

A lot of this is directly attributable to the success of the Commercial Crew program.

[imglorp]

Commercial crew just proved something else, too.

In a controlled experiment, we ran the ossified incumbent with a storied 100 years of experience against a challenger. The challenger delivered in May '20 and the incumbent, paid way more, will be about 3 years late to get people to ISS: OFT-1 is currently NET Feb'23.

This says more about Boeing's business structure than anything else. Its mission is different.