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Seems Douglas was a cursed company. It was on a brink of bankruptcy, was acquired by McDonnel, which went to almost bankruptcy itself, and now it is happening t
by ordu 3y ago
Seems Douglas was a cursed company. It was on a brink of bankruptcy, was acquired by McDonnel, which went to almost bankruptcy itself, and now it is happening to Boeing.
Who will be the next victim?
- trevyn 3y agoThe United States of America.
- dotancohen 3y agoUnited Launch Alliance And it's already happening, see the Vulcan and CST programs.
- DylanSp 3y agoStarliner (I assume that's what you mean by CST) is pure Boeing, not ULA. It's also worth mentioning that ULA's probably about to be sold [1]; the three potential buyers are Blue Origin, the private equity fund Cerberus [2], and the aerospace contractor Textron. [1] https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/11/sale-of-united-launch-alliance-is-nearing-its-end-with-three-potential-buyers/ https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/11/sale-of-united-launch-... [2] https://www.wsj.com/business/billionaires-compete-to-own-spacexs-rocket-rival-d5ab16d4 https://www.wsj.com/business/billionaires-compete-to-own-spa...
- pinewurst 3y agoBlue Origin is a textbook example of big aerospace contractor incompetence inheritance by design. Bezos made them the anti-SpaceX.