NASA to pay Boeing twice as much as SpaceX to fly astronauts into space

POT pays twice as much money for each astronaut that he sends in company capsules Boeing to the International Space Station (ISS).

In accordance with Ars Techniquecalculations show that POT pays about $183 million for each seat in star linera capsule that has yet to send a single mission into space.

Fair?

Only these days POT hired SpaceX for five manned flights to the ISS, 14 in total by 2030.

For this, he pays roughly $88 million per seat, which is less than half what he pays for “competition.”

But for now with SpaceX celebrates the launch every semester, with Boeing have not received it yet.

The company hasn’t made much progress since the capsule had a failed test in 2019: it entered orbit on its second attempt in May, failing an engine along the way but without a crew on board.

First manned mission star liner tentatively scheduled for early next year POT assigned two astronauts to take the capsule for its first manned test flight in June.

with problems so far

Boeing Finding available rockets to launch your spacecraft may be difficult as United Launch Alliance (ULA) is ditching its Atlas V rocket after six missions. star liner.

This means the company must turn to another untested ULA Vulcan rocket, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin, or even SpaceXfor your capsule trips.

Because the commercial crew program POT has a fixed price, it is likely that Boeing bear the costs associated with exceeding the budget. In fact, sources told the publication that the show star liner this has already proven to be a huge waste of money for the company.

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