Here’s why NASA’s chief of human spaceflight resigned—and why it matters
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Here’s why NASA’s chief of human spaceflight resigned—and why it matters
From Ars Technica:
"On Tuesday, NASA announced that its chief of human spaceflight, Doug Loverro, had resigned after just six months of working at the space agency. This news, coming just eight days before NASA's first launch of humans in nine years, has rocked the civil aerospace community and kicked up a flurry of rumors.
This post will attempt to assess what we know, and what we don't know, about his departure and what it means for the space agency's human spaceflight programs moving forward."
https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/05 ... t-matters/
The article seems to conclude that Loverro liked Boeing's integrated launch approach and was separately attempting to get Boeing to submit a more "cost effective" bid. Bad business, that. If that is true, then he should have resigned, and good riddance. Besides, if Boeing were to get back into this with a "better" bid somehow, the cost overruns will simply start again, as Boeing has no clue about how to be more efficient.
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"On Tuesday, NASA announced that its chief of human spaceflight, Doug Loverro, had resigned after just six months of working at the space agency. This news, coming just eight days before NASA's first launch of humans in nine years, has rocked the civil aerospace community and kicked up a flurry of rumors.
This post will attempt to assess what we know, and what we don't know, about his departure and what it means for the space agency's human spaceflight programs moving forward."
https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/05 ... t-matters/
The article seems to conclude that Loverro liked Boeing's integrated launch approach and was separately attempting to get Boeing to submit a more "cost effective" bid. Bad business, that. If that is true, then he should have resigned, and good riddance. Besides, if Boeing were to get back into this with a "better" bid somehow, the cost overruns will simply start again, as Boeing has no clue about how to be more efficient.
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Re: Here’s why NASA’s chief of human spaceflight resigned—and why it matters
Boeing stock has been on a slow bounce like a beach ball blowing over sand dunes.
Boing, Boing, Boing,
From 127.00 May 20th 2016 to 440.00 in March of 2019 to now today $130.00 back where it started exactly four years ago.
Boing, Boing, Boing,
From 127.00 May 20th 2016 to 440.00 in March of 2019 to now today $130.00 back where it started exactly four years ago.
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Does Boeing value efficiency? No. Like many larger corporations the Prime Directive is "maximize shareholder value" above all. This leads to extracting the most money from the taxpayer they can. Inefficiency maximizes shareholder value for monopolistic entities.
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Re: Here’s why NASA’s chief of human spaceflight resigned—and why it matters
I've been a member of a couple of citizens for space exploration groups over the last two decades.notFritzArgelander wrote: ↑Wed May 20, 2020 5:34 pm Does Boeing value efficiency? No. Like many larger corporations the Prime Directive is "maximize shareholder value" above all. This leads to extracting the most money from the taxpayer they can. Inefficiency maximizes shareholder value for monopolistic entities.
I am not very enthusiastic about the privatization of space exploration.
Other than tourism, there are not many ways for companies to make money.
So they just take taxpayer money and kick the can
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Boeing has entered a new phase in its existence where mistakes in recent years have compunded the problems. I would not invest in Boeing stock. I would invest in SpaceX when it goes public.
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Yes, I am quite optimistic on SpaceX
At this point they maybe our only hope.
I'll bet my last dollar that we are not sending humans to the Moon in 2024
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