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They would never get another space contract again if they did that, but they can see this will be a larger market in 30 years, so they'll lick their wounds and

They would never get another space contract again if they did that, but they can see this will be a larger market in 30 years, so they'll lick their wounds and continue on commercial space projects.

nordsieck 3y ago
> They would never get another space contract again if they did that People say that, but I don't think it's true. Boeing pulled out of the Phantom Express project seemingly unscathed. https://www.space.com/boeing-withdraws-darpa-military-space-plane.html https://www.space.com/boeing-withdraws-darpa-military-space-...
- twiddling 3y ago
  Depends on how good their lobbyists are.
  - ceejayoz 3y ago
    They're also vastly different projects. Phantom Express was very much experimental; Starliner wasn't supposed to be. Part of the selling point for Boeing was "this is mundane stuff we already know how to do".