In reading that report, and the commentary afterwards, it seems that our Dear Leader (through his toady Charlie Bolden) will be announcing “The Fix is IN!” later on today when they hand the contract to Boeing.
It is staggering to me to listen to people rip SpaceX for “taking Government money” when it appears from this data that Boeing has taken $480 million and produced absolutely nothing, while SpaceX has taken $460 million and produced tested and capable hardware. Boeing is clearly far ahead of the game on playing the Bureaucratic Game and making the right donations to the right people.
Cronyism writ large. Disgusting...
Dear NASA,
Sorry we were late with these technical reports on how we propose to fly to the Space Station - but we were very busy flying to the Space Station.