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> A redo of this mission would cost Boeing half a billion dollars, easy. I imagine so indeed, not in the least because all Atlas V launch vehicles are already
by mattashii 2y ago
> A redo of this mission would cost Boeing half a billion dollars, easy.
I imagine so indeed, not in the least because all Atlas V launch vehicles are already assigned to missions. The booster for another non-operational flight would thus have to come from either their operational missions, or they'd have to pay someone else to give up their scheduled Atlas V payload. If they fail to buy someone else's Atlas V, they'd have to integrate Starliner onto a new (i.e. non-Atlas V) human-rated launch vehicle, or they would fail to deliver the contracted 6 operational missions.
- philipwhiuk 2y agoIt's doubtful they actually get awarded 6 missions before the ISS is de-orbited at the present rate.
- adolph 2y ago> all Atlas V launch vehicles are already assigned to . . . Amazon’s Project Kuiper comsat constellation which is targeting our first full-scale Kuiper mission for Q4 aboard an Atlas V rocket from ULA. https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/innovation-at-amazon/inside-project-kuiper-satellite-facility-kirkland https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/innovation-at-amazon/inside...
- mattashii 2y agoNot all are assigned to Kuiper or Starliner; one has also been assigned to Viasat, which is scheduled to launch sometime in the first half of 2025.