>How times have changed. I think a major part of this, as applied to SpaceX and Boeing, is historically NASA micromanaged their contractors on cost+ based cont

>How times have changed. I think a major part of this, as applied to SpaceX and Boeing, is historically NASA micromanaged their contractors on cost+ based contracts. That is where companies like Boeing thrived, tell Boeing exactly what to do, they can do it and at the same time they can jack up the costs so cost+ is as lucrative as possible. Now that contracting has changed and NASA no longer micromanages but just give the contractors top down goals within a given budget, we see how bad legacy contractors like Boeing are when not micromanaged, and given budgets, rather than cost+ contracts.