You assume it gets off the ground. Starliner is 4 years behind, hasn’t had a flawless automated launch yet, and still hasn’t launched a manned crew, while the SpaceX Dragon 2 has made 30+ trips to the ISS on a fraction of the development budget.
Also assuming the FAA doesn’t ban Boeing from air/spacecraft production.
But then again space-X has done unsanctioned launches so maybe the laws don’t matter if you’re making rockets.
If NASA goes with Boeing for the rocket, they can expect the rocket to disassemble itself halfway into the atmosphere.
You assume it gets off the ground. Starliner is 4 years behind, hasn’t had a flawless automated launch yet, and still hasn’t launched a manned crew, while the SpaceX Dragon 2 has made 30+ trips to the ISS on a fraction of the development budget.
Also assuming the FAA doesn’t ban Boeing from air/spacecraft production. But then again space-X has done unsanctioned launches so maybe the laws don’t matter if you’re making rockets.
How many whistleblowers?
It’s project Orion all over again. The rocket will dump whistleblowers out back and nuke them as a means of propulsion.