NASA will pay Boeing more than twice as much as SpaceX for crew seats
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NASA will pay Boeing more than twice as much as SpaceX for crew seats
From Ars Technica:
"... Under the new agreement, SpaceX would fly 14 crewed missions to the station on Crew Dragon, and Boeing would fly six during the lifetime of the station. ..."
https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/09 ... rew-seats/
Sounds like the normal Government Contractor bloated costs to me.
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"... Under the new agreement, SpaceX would fly 14 crewed missions to the station on Crew Dragon, and Boeing would fly six during the lifetime of the station. ..."
https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/09 ... rew-seats/
Sounds like the normal Government Contractor bloated costs to me.
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Re: NASA will pay Boeing more than twice as much as SpaceX for crew seats
$600 toilet back in the 85, imagine the cost now! Let's not imagine, $100 in 1985 is worth $275.35 today, that same thrown now, $1,652.10. Yup government waste has not changed any.
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