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NASA decides to keep 2 astronauts in space until February, nixes return on troubled Boeing capsule (apnews.com)
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[-] Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

boeing's spending the money not nasa, it's a fixed price contract

[-] trolololol@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

When has that ever happened?

[-] Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

only for starliner as far as i know, every other boeing thing is cost plus

[-] trolololol@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

finally NASA making decent financial decisions

[-] Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

they really dodged the bullet with this one

[-] trolololol@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Yep, it only took 50 years of lessons with the same contractors to learn it am I right?

[-] Bangs42@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Starliner and Crew Dragon both, if we're talking manned space capsules.

[-] Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

crew dragon isn't Boeing is it

[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

No, but it is fixed-price, which I think is what @Bangs42@lemmy.world was getting at.

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