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NASA decides to keep 2 astronauts in space until February, nixes return on troubled Boeing capsule (apnews.com)

submitted 3 months ago by teft to c/[email protected]

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[–] trolololol 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

When has that ever happened?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

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

[–] trolololol 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

finally NASA making decent financial decisions

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

they really dodged the bullet with this one

[–] trolololol 1 points 3 months ago

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

[–] Bangs42 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

crew dragon isn't Boeing is it

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

No, but it is fixed-price, which I think is what @[email protected] was getting at.