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The first crew launch of Boeing’s Starliner capsule is on hold indefinitely (arstechnica.com)
submitted 4 months ago by Wilshire to c/space
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

But that taxpayer money keep flowing

Not in this specific case. Starliner is a fixed-price contract, not cost-plus. Boeing is having to foot the bill for their own incompetence, and I'm all here for it!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Damn how did they botch that so bad? SpaceX effect?