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I think they are so far down the sunken cost fallacy its both unbelievable and a hard call to make to be honest. I know SpaceX is capitalizing on the bad news,
by croutonwagon 5y ago
I think they are so far down the sunken cost fallacy its both unbelievable and a hard call to make to be honest.
I know SpaceX is capitalizing on the bad news, but they do have a history of being aggressive with the promises and hitting delays, but no where NEAR the magnitude of boeing.
- CamperBob2 5y agoAs with so many things, the time derivative is what's important. SpaceX is only getting better. Boeing is only getting worse.
- dylan604 5y agoCongress killed the Superconducting Super Collider. Has Boeng successfully gotten to the point where SSC could not? I grew up in the area where the tunnels were being built, and I know there was a mad rush to get a certain % completed so it made more sense and cents to complete rather than kill it. So I guess that's at least one success Starliner can brag about?
- evandwight 5y agoI thought it was a fixed price contract, but apparently nasa has been paying them above that. 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...
- bpodgursky 5y agoI don't think SpaceX delays are anything unusual for the aerospace industry. SpaceX will claim 2 years and hit 4 years; industry standard is to claim 10 years and take 20.
- mr_toad 5y agoMajor construction projects, and software, always take longer and cost more than budgeted. If Pournelle’s law is iron, this one is concrete.