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I am certain that if Boeing thought that they could drop this without repercussions, they would absolutely do it.
by MPSimmons 2y ago
I am certain that if Boeing thought that they could drop this without repercussions, they would absolutely do it.
- lupusreal 2y agoThey said a year or two back they will refuse to take on new fixed-price contracts going forward. Apparently the only way they can be profitable is by scamming taxpayers.
- NickC25 2y agoTime for nationalization, then. If a producer of critical infrastructure cannot make profit without cutting corners, it should be nationalized so that the need to place profit ahead of anything and everything the producer does is eliminated.
- edem 2y agothen the taxpayers can foot the bill
- Sprocklem 2y agoIt's a contract with NASA. Taxpayers already are footing the bill.
- BHSPitMonkey 2y agoI think they mean for the continued costs of correcting the issues. It's a fixed cost contract, and Boeing is currently on the hook for the runaway costs this mission is incurring.
- WJW 2y agoWhy would the government need or want to own a producer that is not capable of producing things profitably while competitors that can do so exist in the market?
- engineer_22 2y agoI agree with you but since the government is not great at managing cost and budgets, and private industry is showing burgeoning capacity to develop orbital vehicles, maybe it would be in the national interest to steward a winding down of the business and transfer of assets to other industry participants.
- autoexecbat 2y agoI hope they just cut their losses and sell the program to Blue Origin, they're a deep pocketed company who'd love to say they have an orbital vehicle