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Topic: Economic viability of Boeing's Starliner
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Matthew Ota
New Member Posts: 5
From: Phoenix, AZ USA
Registered: Dec 2015
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posted 06-10-2024 07:48 AM
   
First of all I am glad to see the success of Starliner Crew Flight Test mission. I am confident that Boeing will address the helium leak problems postflight, making the Starliner a second American crewed spacecraft available for taxi service to the ISS.However, Boeing has lost so much money on the program, that it would take years for the spacecraft to get enough flights to get it out of the red. I am afraid the Boeing may terminate the program after its contract obligation is finished with NASA. |
onesmallstep
Member Posts: 1469
From: Staten Island, New York USA
Registered: Nov 2007
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posted 06-10-2024 08:03 AM
Not really; like SpaceX's Crew Dragon, which has flown both NASA-contracted flights to ISS, and private/commercial missions, Starliner can be used any way Boeing sees fit, such as for one-off 'space tourism' flights or even to a future commercial space station like Orbital Reef, under development by Blue Origin and Sierra Nevada. |
Jim Behling
Member Posts: 1912
From: Cape Canaveral, FL
Registered: Mar 2010
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posted 06-11-2024 06:29 AM
The issue isn't the technical ability of the Starliner to perform any of those tasks. It is the question of financial ability. Aside from the losses Boeing has taken to date for the program, can the program take on other missions without incurring losses? Or does Boeing even want to risk trying? | |
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