teft@lemmy.world to Spaceflight@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 28 days agoNASA decides to keep 2 astronauts in space until February, nixes return on troubled Boeing capsuleapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square61fedilinkarrow-up1198arrow-down13cross-posted to: space@lemmy.world
arrow-up1195arrow-down1external-linkNASA decides to keep 2 astronauts in space until February, nixes return on troubled Boeing capsuleapnews.comteft@lemmy.world to Spaceflight@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 28 days agomessage-square61fedilinkcross-posted to: space@lemmy.world
minus-squareJumuta@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·28 days agoboeing’s spending the money not nasa, it’s a fixed price contract
minus-squaretrolololol@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·28 days agoWhen has that ever happened?
minus-squareJumuta@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-227 days agoonly for starliner as far as i know, every other boeing thing is cost plus
minus-squaretrolololol@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·27 days agofinally NASA making decent financial decisions
minus-squareJumuta@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·27 days agothey really dodged the bullet with this one
minus-squaretrolololol@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·24 days agoYep, it only took 50 years of lessons with the same contractors to learn it am I right?
minus-squareBangs42@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·27 days agoStarliner and Crew Dragon both, if we’re talking manned space capsules.
minus-squareJumuta@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·27 days agocrew dragon isn’t Boeing is it
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·27 days agoNo, but it is fixed-price, which I think is what @Bangs42@lemmy.world was getting at.
boeing’s spending the money not nasa, it’s a fixed price contract
When has that ever happened?
only for starliner as far as i know, every other boeing thing is cost plus
finally NASA making decent financial decisions
they really dodged the bullet with this one
Yep, it only took 50 years of lessons with the same contractors to learn it am I right?
Starliner and Crew Dragon both, if we’re talking manned space capsules.
crew dragon isn’t Boeing is it
No, but it is fixed-price, which I think is what @Bangs42@lemmy.world was getting at.