The Starliner drama has been a major setback for Boeing’s space ambitions, adding to years of struggle to get the capsule off the ground and keep up with rival company SpaceX.
  • anubis119@lemmy.world
    704·
    26 days ago

    Of course they waited until Saturday to announce this while the markets are closed. Boeing will plummet on Monday.

    • Crashumbc@lemmy.worldEnglish
      231·
      26 days ago

      Boeing will take a hit, but less than if the thing has fucked up during reentry and killed them …

      • AshMan85@lemmy.world
        121·
        26 days ago

        even a worse case scenario, boeing will survive. i believe their bomber contracts are the golden goose.

    • jayknight@lemmy.mlEnglish
      12·
      26 days ago

      The nice part is that they had two options. They couldn’t prove the safety of Starliner completing the crew test flight, but it’s good that there are 2 commercial crew vehicles that they could have chosen. That kind of choice is what the commercial crew program is all about.

  • werefreeatlast@lemmy.world
    141·
    26 days ago

    Okay so they are stuck then. Right?

    Wouldn’t it be interesting if they make it back safely on the X snap dragons capsule thing and then they bring back the boing capsule and it burns up? It mean, if nothing happens it’s okay, but If it does!?

    • TheRealKuni@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      25 days ago

      I dunno man, part of me wants to buy the dip. They’re “too big to fail,” they’ll get enough corporate welfare to bounce back. The question is when.

      • 11111one11111@lemmy.world
        6·
        25 days ago

        Na this has been an unprecedented scale of fuckups. Dont make investment decisions like timing the market. Make investment decisions based off the quality, scalability and value of the company itself. Warren Buffet 101.

  • realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.clubEnglish
    817·
    26 days ago

    I’m surprised NASA is letting SpaceX help them. I thought they were gonna say “I’ll do it myself” and twiddle their thumbs for a few more months.

    • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
      19·
      26 days ago

      NASA doesn’t have a vehicle for that any more since they killed the Shuttle. It’s either the Soyuz or private vehicles.

    • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldEnglish
      143·
      26 days ago

      The NASA and SpaceX relationship is just fine. There’s no real rush to bring them back, the ISS can accommodate them just fine.

      This was always going to be the outcome as soon as there was a question about safety, regardless of what they said publicly. NASA has lost 14 astronauts due to poor managerial decisions throughout the Shuttle program. They don’t want to get near that if they don’t have to, and there have been alternatives since day one thanks to the Commercial Crew Program (and of course Russia/Soyuz if absolutely necessary).

    • MiltownClowns@lemmy.world
      182·
      26 days ago

      Why would this be their downfall when they have controversies like making all the kids in America watch a teacher burn up in the atmosphere because middle management didn’t wanna replace o-rings? Or hiring nazis? Or naming their $10 billion telescope after a guy who presided over a gay purge?

      What makes this one special?