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Why would Boeing receive any contracts over SpaceX? Ah yes, contracts are awarded based on politics, not competence.
by silexia 2y ago
Why would Boeing receive any contracts over SpaceX? Ah yes, contracts are awarded based on politics, not competence.
- ranger207 2y agoThey wanted redundancy in launch systems and capsules
- ceejayoz 2y agoThe idea was to have more than one provider, in case one had an issue. SpaceX just had a second stage issue, for example; it was fairly minor, but if it had grounded Falcon 9 for six months it would be a problem. No one expected Boeing to fuck it up this badly.