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> IMHO, Starliner is too big of an MVP Maybe. But it's a lot simpler than NASA's previous vehicle, the Shuttle. If you read the selection statement[1], it se
by nordsieck 2y ago
> IMHO, Starliner is too big of an MVP
Maybe.
But it's a lot simpler than NASA's previous vehicle, the Shuttle.
If you read the selection statement[1], it seems clear in retrospect that NASA put too much weight on Boeing's Shuttle experience (via Rockwell), and not enough emphasis on SpaceX's Dragon 1 experience. But I think, at the time, it was difficult to know which factor was more important.
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1. https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/cctcap-source-selection-statement-5083.pdf?emrc=8a4806 https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/cctcap-sourc...