🧵 1. Boeing's Starliner program is nearing its first crewed space flight with NASA, set for May. After delays, Boeing now views itself as a backup option for flying astronauts. #business
🧵 1. Boeing's Starliner program is nearing its first crewed space flight with NASA, set for May. After delays, Boeing now views itself as a backup option for flying astronauts. #business
The irony, when parts are falling off their planes
🧵 2. Despite setbacks, Boeing plans to carry out its contracted six NASA missions with Starliner. SpaceX's Dragon has completed multiple private flights in its early years of operation, leaving Boeing behind in the competition.
🧵 3. Boeing's space management remains less urgent compared to SpaceX, even after years of setbacks and cost overruns. While Starliner is seen as a backup by NASA, Boeing acknowledges the need to catch up in the spaceflight industry.
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