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It is a sane world. The US government needs a legal way to funnel money to the only domestic producer of air travel in the US as foreign governments outright fu
by hamburgerwah 5y ago
It is a sane world. The US government needs a legal way to funnel money to the only domestic producer of air travel in the US as foreign governments outright funnel money to foreign airline manufacturers. Starliner was never about space, it was never intended to actually leave the ground, it is a legal slush fund for Boeing. It is of crucial strategic importance that we maintain a domestic airline maker. In the US we do not have a legal way for congress to just hand companies outright free money, we use these wacky programs to do it. I ain't even mad about it.
- vosper 5y ago> Starliner was never about space, it was never intended to actually leave the ground Funneling money to Boeing is one thing, but that claim’s a stretch, surely?
- chillwaves 5y agoIf you want to nationalize an industry, why not make that argument?
- xeromal 5y agoI'm no expert but they probably flies in the face of capitalism which a large portion of senators claim they believe in.
- Johnny555 5y agoIf that's the goal, wouldn't a secret military program be more efficient? Snnce then Boeing wouldn't need to build and demonstrate a product at all.
- kevin_thibedeau 5y agoDon't worry. Boeing fucks up it's secret military programs too.
- hamburgerwah 5y agoWe do that too but politicians don't get as much credit for secret jobs programs.
- amluto 5y agoIn an ever saner world, the US would fix its domestic producers. Keeping them alive is of minimal strategic value if they don’t function. Creating competition, perhaps by forcing Boeing to split into multiple companies, more than one of which produces airplanes, could be a viable strategy.