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Well, the government has spent billions paying Boeing et al to develop a (non-reusable) public option, Orion, but it has had multiple problems (thanks, Boeing!)
by 100ideas 6y ago
Well, the government has spent billions paying Boeing et al to develop a (non-reusable) public option, Orion, but it has had multiple problems (thanks, Boeing!). So if they are publicly endorsing SpaceX, that’s a serious rebuke to the public-private industrial complex behind Orion.
- bfe 6y agoJust to clarify - Orion is a partially reusable spaceship, developed by NASA with Lockheed Martin as the prime contractor, while SLS is a non-reusable launch vehicle, developed by NASA with Boeing as the largest contractor. SLS has been a poster child for cost overruns and delays - but so far is still intended to launch the crewed missions to Gateway, while it was never intended to launch the non-crewed Gateway launches.
- _Microft 6y agoAre you maybe thinking of Boeing Starliner? That‘s the one that failed a test flight last year and had to skip a docking maneuver with space station.