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Keep in mind Boeing was awarded $1.7 billion more than SpaceX.

• ceejayoz 7y ago
  On the bright side, they can ask for more now.
• sq_ 7y ago
  And will be charging ~$90 million per seat versus SpaceX's $55 million per seat or the Russian Soyuz's $84 million per seat. https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/11/nasa-report-finds-boeing-seat-prices-are-60-higher-than-spacex/ https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/11/nasa-report-finds-bo...
• neaanopri 7y ago
  To be fair, Boeing is developing a new capsule, while SpaceX is making Dragon 2, drawing on the legacy of Dragon 1, which they were awarded at least $1B for. This sort of issue would have shown up on the first Dragon 1 flight if SpaceX had it.
  • hurricanetc 7y ago
    The total amounts awarded to each company still differ by nearly $2 billion. I cannot imagine how much more Boeing would cost if they weren’t forced to compete with SpaceX. I wonder how much further along SpaceX might be if they were able to ripoff NASA and the federal government the same way Boeing is able to.
  • hgoel 7y ago
    As if Boeing of all companies doesn't have any experience whatsoever working on crewed capsules?