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2021-05-20 Science & Technology

Boeing's massive attack on SpaceX and Pro-SLS - claiming they will be the first to the moon and Mars. The hell with SpaceX

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Posted by 3dc 2021-05-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [14 views ] Top
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#1 how they will win by buying Congress

It is probably their best strategy. At this point, I would not expect innovative space engineering from Boeing. Hell, they're having trouble making airplanes.

Posted by SteveS 2021-05-20 00:53|| 2021-05-20 00:53|| Front Page Top

#2 I love how many people act as if they don't know SpaceX is heavily subsidized by the US government.

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-05-20 07:33|| 2021-05-20 07:33|| Front Page Top

#3 Lewis & Clark were heavily subsidized by US government.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2021-05-20 08:35|| 2021-05-20 08:35|| Front Page Top

#4 Boeing bought McDonnell Douglas back in the 90's and shut down the DC-X program because it couldn't possibly work.

Of course, that's the operational model, suitably modified, SpaceX is using with the Falcon 9 first stage...

If they wanted to beat SpaceX they could have done it back in 1997. _They didn't want to_.

Now they want to? Really?

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2021-05-20 11:33|| 2021-05-20 11:33|| Front Page Top

#5 Competition will light a fire under Boeing now - or it won't.

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-05-20 12:21|| 2021-05-20 12:21|| Front Page Top

#6 ^Competition in products, or competition in bribes to Congresspersons?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2021-05-20 12:36|| 2021-05-20 12:36|| Front Page Top

#7 ^ That's the real question, no doubt.

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-05-20 12:42|| 2021-05-20 12:42|| Front Page Top

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