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As much as I like the idea of having multiple independent vehicles (and knowing the impact of having your only crew-capable launch system grounded when it happe
by wongarsu 3y ago
As much as I like the idea of having multiple independent vehicles (and knowing the impact of having your only crew-capable launch system grounded when it happened in the shuttle era), Starliner has been in systems integration hell for years now, always just a couple short months away. Boeing withdrawing and NASA restarting the bidding process for that contract might benefit everyone.
- SahAssar 3y ago> Boeing withdrawing and NASA restarting the bidding process for that contract might benefit everyone. Who besides Spacex or ULA can reasonably bid for it? Or are you also looking at foreign options? It might not be Starliner but it seems like it'd be good to keep ULA in the game, just to make sure that Spacex is not the only option.
- wongarsu 3y agoI would exclude SpaceX from the bid, but Sierra Space is the obvious other option with their Dream Chaser. Apart from Sierra and ULA there is also everyone who bid on the lunar lander, meaning Dynetics and the "National Team" (Blue Origin, Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin)