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The aviation side of Boeing doesn't do rockets. That's a completely separate org which is part of the ULA consortium. SpaceX has (ok, had) good PR, but they do
by habinero 3y ago
The aviation side of Boeing doesn't do rockets. That's a completely separate org which is part of the ULA consortium.
SpaceX has (ok, had) good PR, but they don't do anything others couldn't do. And they'd be bankrupt without NASA.
- trogdor 3y ago>they'd be bankrupt without NASA Most companies would be bankrupt without their customers. A $5 billion government contract isn’t something that can be dismissed as the recipient ‘being kept solvent by Uncle Sam.’
- mulmen 3y agoSpaceX is doing things nobody else has done. ULA is equally reliant on government dollars. Boeing is a company that builds rockets and airliners and they aren't doing a great job of either at the moment. Who else is responsible for that if not the C-suite?