[blackhawkC17]

Boeing won a US$4.2 billion contract to complete and certify the Starliner by 2017, while SpaceX won a US$2.6 billion contract to complete and certify their crewed Dragon spacecraft. Both contracts were awarded in 2014.

SpaceX flew its first full crewed mission in 2020, and Boeing can't even put together a test flight in 2024. What a bloated, underskilled contractor robbing the taxpayer blind...took 1.5x more money than SpaceX and can't even deliver anything 10 years later.

[lupusreal]

Note that SpaceX has since flown eight more crewed missions to the ISS (one is up there now), as well as four other crewed missions to orbit (not for NASA.)

[MBCook]

Ars Technica just had an article about this the other day.

For context: SpaceX had a “head start” because they had an existing cargo capsule they modified while Boeing was designing from scratch.

Still you can add this to the pile of stuff Boeing is going through lately and it doesn’t look good at all. One more thing that’s not working out right.

[aunty_helen]

Boeing had a 50 year headstart on putting things into space. Have talked to engineers from ULA and NASA, there was very much a disbelief that a. SpaceX would ever achieve a reusable rocket and that b. they would ever have a market share because the incumbents were doing so well.

It's not uncommon for the aerospace industry to lose touch with reality. They consistently get told how amazing they are and budgets just keep on coming. When an actual competitor enters the market, they get caught in utter disbelief.

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-07-30-vw-18804-...