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I came here to comment on the deeply amusing spin of "more than half again the cost". SpaceX came in second on the evaluation process, and was awarded less mone
by semiel 12y ago
I came here to comment on the deeply amusing spin of "more than half again the cost". SpaceX came in second on the evaluation process, and was awarded less money than first-place Boeing as a result. They're not somehow being thrifty.
(I'm a big SpaceX fan, I am just even more a fan of accurate reporting.)
- JshWright 12y agoEach company set their own bid amount. SpaceX didn't get less because they 'came in second', they got less because they put in a lower bid in the first place.
- semiel 12y agoOops, you seem to be right. Some of the early reporting implied otherwise[1], but that seems to have been in error[2]. Sorry for spreading misinformation! [1] http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2014/09/16/reports-boeing-to-beat-out-spacex-for-nasa-contract-thanks-to-jeff-bezos/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2014/09/16/reports-boe... [2] http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2014/09/16/nasa-awards-boeing-and-spacex-contracts-to-deliver-astronauts-to-the-space-station/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2014/09/16/nasa-awards...