NASA just bought the rest of the space station crew flights from SpaceX

https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/06/nasa-just-bought-all-the-seats-needed-for-space-station-crews-into-2030/

by martincmartin • 4 years ago

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arstechnica.com

puffoflogic• 4 years ago

So when can we expect the lawsuit to be filed?

aaaaaaaaata• 4 years ago

Whose?

juice_bus• 4 years ago

I believe Bezos/Blue Origin have a reputation for suing every time SpaceX wins a contract from NASA.

ramoz• 4 years ago

Not sure it’d be a lawsuit per se; more of a inspector general review and or & government accountability protest review:

https://www.gao.gov/legal/bid-protests/faqs

ortusdux• 4 years ago

NASA's press release:

https://blogs.nasa.gov/kennedy/2022/06/01/nasa-to-purchase-a...

panick21_3• 4 years ago

It just makes sense. SpaceX is far, far ahead of Boing. And one thing that is really driving that is that the Atlas 5 is sold out.

Further Starliner flights would require human rating of the Vulcan vehicle. ULA does not want to pay for that. Boeing doesn't want to pay that unless they know they have a steady stream of Starliner missions and that is not a sure thing.