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Since SpaceX is a private company, neither of us knows how much SpaceX spent internally on their fixed-price contract. What we do know is that NASA awarded con

Since SpaceX is a private company, neither of us knows how much SpaceX spent internally on their fixed-price contract. What we do know is that NASA awarded contracts to both companies in 2010. Crew Dragon worked perfectly on their first crewed flight in 2020, and has taken astronauts to ISS half a dozen times. NASA paid SpaceX the originally agreed amount of $3.1 billion for six flights, and SpaceX seems happy to continue the arrangement. Boeing has spent $6.7 billion so far. https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/07/boeing-warns-of-more-financial-losses-on-starliner-commercial-crew-program/ https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/07/boeing-warns-of-more-f...

asadotzler 2y ago
>Crew Dragon worked perfectly on their first crewed flight in 2020, and has taken astronauts to ISS half a dozen times. 9 times so far, and it'll be 10 times in about a month.
- cruffle_duffle 2y ago
  …knock on wood…
TMWNN 2y ago
>What we do know is that NASA awarded contracts to both companies in 2010. Crew Dragon worked perfectly on their first crewed flight in 2020, and has taken astronauts to ISS half a dozen times. More detail for others: SpaceX and Boeing each signed contracts as part of the Commercial Crew program for six operational manned missions. After SpaceX fulfilled its six, NASA awarded another contract for eight more. Meanwhile, in addition to Boeing being paid substantially much for its half of the program, the company received a $300 million special, uncontracted payment in 2016 (not disclosed until 2019) to further accelerate development. The current Starliner flight in abeyance at ISS is a pre-operational manned test mission (SpaceX's equivalent was done in May 2020). In other words, Boeing has not yet begun its six operational missions!