[IndispensableDestiny]

NASA has the SLS and Orion spacecraft. Both are falling behind. SpaceX has flown the Dragon 2 atop a Falcon Heavy rocket, a manned flight is coming soon. Boeing has its Boeing CST-100 Starliner, which will fly soon atop a Atlas V N22, to be followed by a manned flight this summer. After the Atlas V N22 comes the Atlas V Heavy.

NASA can't compte, even with taxpayer's money. NASA has two commercial options to the SLS and Orion. Use them.

[algore]

I knew one of the worlds foremost rocket scientists, he told me in so many words that the SLS was stupid the wrong direction to go.

He spent years and designed his own. he gave some of designs and technology to Blue Origin for free (and they used them) because he was dying and wanted to have some kind of legacy I guess?

Like so many companies Boeing is not really Boeing anymore. You can easily trace that back to the McDonalds merger, and move of HQ to Chicago

He designed a plane based on 787 pieces for Boeing and showed it off to the ceo who liked it but told him they were only interested in milking their existing lines for as long as they possibly could, even though they could have easily built his plane. (the patent fight took lots of money too).