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>Boeing, for what it's worth, has learned from their mistakes with this project okay, learning is good >they will never accept fixed-price contracts again Ye
by MPSimmons 2y ago
>Boeing, for what it's worth, has learned from their mistakes with this project
okay, learning is good
>they will never accept fixed-price contracts again
Yeah, that's not the lesson they should take from this fiasco.
Given how Boeing was reportedly acting regarding the development of a new crew vehicle[1], the hubris shown seems to be systemic, top to bottom. I have no empathy for the Boeing management that got them into this situation, and if their takeaway is "we're just not going to accept contracts like this", and not, "we need to deeply change how we engineer solutions", then coupled with the 737-max tragedies, Boeing can go bankrupt for all I care.
[1] - https://www.reddit.com/r/Starliner/comments/1f0g0ow/some_interesting_excerpts_from_eric_bergers/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Starliner/comments/1f0g0ow/some_int...
- lupusreal 2y agoPlease understand, putting a can of human beans into LEO using a preexisting flight proven rocket is very hard and there is no possible way America's most experienced aerospace company could have possibility come up with a realistic estimate for what it would cost. There is a competency crisis at Boeing. Not in America generally, as some have suggested, but Boeing specifically.