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Except that they have had issues with other things as well. Over on the space side, their Starliner crew capsule has had several safety debacles over the past 4
by dotnet00 3y ago
Except that they have had issues with other things as well. Over on the space side, their Starliner crew capsule has had several safety debacles over the past 4 years, such that maybe it'll finally carry crew this year. First it was poorly tested software, then stuck valves, then the tape they wrapped certain wires in to make them more fire resistant turned out to not work, and then finally after all that testing, their parachute system had issues.
Boeing has had cultural issues for a while now, part of their rocketry division was forced to be spun out (by the government) with Lockmart's into ULA because Boeing was caught conducting espionage on Lockmart, which would've potentially disqualified them from bidding on launches. They had also had information leaked to them about bidding on the Artemis lunar lander contracts.
Plus other incidents like trying to get people at ULA proposing things like orbital refueling systems fired because if they allowed such technology to emerge, Boeing couldn't get blank checks from the government for building near-useless rockets.
That last one, in my opinion, making it clear that they're exploiting the perception that they're too big to fail.