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Were I the folks in charge at Boeing, I'd be looking at a joint venture with Mr. Musk, starting today. I suspect that the difference in estimates are owed to th
by hsmyers 14y ago
Were I the folks in charge at Boeing, I'd be looking at a joint venture with Mr. Musk, starting today. I suspect that the difference in estimates are owed to the usual testing phenomenon---you test for what you can imagine and that is heavily conditioned by your expectations. Same reason that the folks who write software/engineering/whatever should never test it. You need a team who's main goal in life is to ruin someone else's day. When I worked for EA, the testing team was the biggest PIA you could imagine. But if they could come up with bugs, imagine what real life could do. (Pesky 8-year old kids...<grumble/>)
- jlujan 14y ago>Were I the folks in charge at Boeing, I'd be looking at a joint venture with Mr. Musk, starting today. Boeing and Lockheed are pretty much the only space flight companies working with the government. Musk has an issue with this which is why his battery predictions are so enjoyable. http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2011-10-16/business/35279938_1_space-exploration-technologies-satellites-eelv http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2011-10-16/business/35279...
- rst 14y agoBoeing and Lockheed are major players, and you're right about the rivalry, but they're not the only ones. ATK (the former Thiokol) is a major player in the Space Launch System project, and politically very well connected; there are also smaller fry like SpaceX and Orbital Sciences (makers of the Pegasus air-launched rocket, and the other commercial supplier for ISS cargo resupply).