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Boeing Starliner docks to International Space Station for first time
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Posted on 05/21/2022 9:14:49 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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posted on
05/21/2022 9:14:49 AM PDT
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BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Years behind Space X. It’d be interesting to see and compare costs between the two vehicles.
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posted on
05/21/2022 9:17:57 AM PDT
by
The Louiswu
(We couldn't 'afford' $4 billion for Trump's wall at the southern border?)
To: The Louiswu
Boeing got a $4.5 Billion contract versus about $2.5 Billion for SpaceX yet SpaceX was 2 years earlier.
"For one, Boeing's vehicle is considerably more expensive. In 2019, the NASA inspector general estimated that NASA is paying $90 million for each Starliner seat while a seat on SpaceX's Crew Dragon costs $55 million."
To: BenLurkin
It would be significant if Boeing had made their own rocket.
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posted on
05/21/2022 10:02:03 AM PDT
by
arthurus
(| covfefe n)
To: The Louiswu
Boeing’s effort is essentially a government operation so the costs are naturally a lot higher.
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posted on
05/21/2022 10:03:25 AM PDT
by
arthurus
(| covfefe n-)
To: The Louiswu
I’ll take Space X over Boing.
Hell , Musks rockets return and land upright. That should count for something.
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posted on
05/21/2022 10:06:13 AM PDT
by
Candor7
(ObamaFascism:https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
To: SmokingJoe
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posted on
05/21/2022 10:14:18 AM PDT
by
The Louiswu
(We couldn't 'afford' $4 billion for Trump's wall at the southern border?)
To: Candor7
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posted on
05/21/2022 10:16:06 AM PDT
by
Pollard
(Don't ask if there's a conspiracy. If you're not in one, you need to start one. CA Fitts)
To: arthurus
They have.
ULA is owned by Boeing and Lockheed.
To: Candor7
It does.
Considerably lower costs.
To: SmokingJoe
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posted on
05/21/2022 10:24:38 AM PDT
by
arthurus
(| covfefe n-,)
To: arthurus
A ton of bribes must be paid.
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posted on
05/21/2022 10:32:49 AM PDT
by
Howie66
(Let's Go Brandon!!)
To: arthurus
Yes.
Made by ULA which is jointly owned by Boeing and Lockheed.
To: SmokingJoe
We need a reserved spaceway for Musks next space adventures: Speed runs approaching warp 1 out to Niribu and back.
Space vehicle development is now verging on being necessary in space itself.There is no room on terra for the really interesting stuff.
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posted on
05/21/2022 10:45:34 AM PDT
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Candor7
(ObamaFascism:https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
To: SmokingJoe
Top speed of the Space x heavy lift rocket is 31,471 mph.Thats the Mars mission rocket.
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posted on
05/21/2022 10:52:10 AM PDT
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Candor7
(ObamaFascism:https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
To: All
Like all such things, devil in details.
Return flight of astronauts will be into the Atlantic Ocean for SpaceX Dragon, with accompanying costs left out for relevant ships and their crews for recovery.
Starliner returns crews in a Soyuz method, onto the ground at landing sites of White Sands, Edwards etc. Much cheaper.
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posted on
05/21/2022 10:52:30 AM PDT
by
Owen
To: BenLurkin
Sure hope that Boeing remembers to notify their astronauts/passengers about the departure gate & time before the next launch... /s
To: Owen
SpaceX does their own splashdown recovery with their own fleet of ships. The government isn’t responsible except for the USCG enforcement of an exclusion zone.
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posted on
05/21/2022 11:56:00 AM PDT
by
Campion
(Everything is a grace, everything is the direct effect of our Father's love - Little Flower)
To: Candor7
Yes, it is the reusability that the Space Shuttle was supposed to give us and never did. They have an amazing system. But I can’t help but wonder if they are cutting corners, and it is just a matter of time before it catches up with them. I hope not.
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posted on
05/21/2022 1:34:43 PM PDT
by
beef
(Let’s go Baizuo!)
To: Campion
Doesn’t matter. USCG isn’t free, and those SpaceX vessels and crew have to be in the bid, which can be underbid at first.
About the only thing I see in SpaceX favor is Atlas V uses Russian rockets. Actually SpaceX does too, but in an indirect way. Russia builds very good rocket.
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posted on
05/21/2022 1:37:09 PM PDT
by
Owen
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