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we haven't? isn't this exclusively a Boeing issue? SpaceX should just get the whole contract.

• ceejayoz 2y ago
  SpaceX effectively does already. NASA has already bought extra flights from them. It seems likely they'll buy more now.
  • echoangle 2y ago
    Why would they buy more? They can’t even get the already booked flights done before the ISS is deorbited
    • ceejayoz 2y ago
      NASA likely will now need to replace the remaining Starliner missions on the schedule.
      • echoangle 2y ago
        Replacing missions isn’t exactly buying more though, right? The total number of planned missions didn’t increase?
        • ceejayoz 2y ago
          Sure. NASA will cancel Starliner flights, and replace them with newly purchased SpaceX ones. They are going to be buying more SpaceX launches.
          • echoangle 2y ago
            Ah, I somehow misread the initial comment and thought you said that they bought more Starliner launches. Sorry for that.