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Hopefully this time the incumbent doesn't get paid twice as much for a worse outcome, as happened with Commercial Crew... NASA paid Boeing 4.5 billion and coun
by modeless 3y ago
Hopefully this time the incumbent doesn't get paid twice as much for a worse outcome, as happened with Commercial Crew...
NASA paid Boeing 4.5 billion and counting, SpaceX 2.6 billion. SpaceX launched astronauts to ISS 7 times, completely fulfilling the original contract, and continues to launch on new contracts with NASA. Meanwhile Boeing has yet to fly a single astronaut and required NASA to pay them extra for their own delays and failures.
- adastra22 3y agoOh that's pretty much guaranteed.
- wmf 3y agoIf those are the two lowest bids what else are you going to do?
- adastra22 3y agoTried this kind of contract they don’t award to the lowest bids. There are 3-4 other factors that take higher priority.
- shantara 3y agoFrom what I recall from NASA Artemis contracts selection process, all bids are weighted with two parameters in addition to the proposed cost: technical merits of the proposal and the confidence score based on the company's management and previous performance.
- renewiltord 3y agoThat's just one contract. SpaceX will win the rest. ULA is dead. They're being sold for parts.
- adastra22 3y agoBoeing not ULA. But yeah Starliner isn’t flying any more missions than they are contractually obligated to fly.