From the window of SpaceX’s Dragon capsule “Endeaevor”, you can see the Boeing Spirit Starliner, and stopped with the International Space Station during the flight test of the crew.
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Boeing After a difficult year, the first astronauts of the capsule became NASA’s headache, lost more than $ 2 billion, and rely on its Starlineer spacecraft.
The “Starline Plan” reports that the cost of 2024 is $ 523 million, which is the largest single-year loss to date-Boeing Report The documents submitted on MondayEssence The company pointed out that Starlineer is a fixed price contract for NASA, so “there is a continuous risk, that is, a similar losses may be recognized in the future period.”
Since 2014, the National Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA) awarded to Boeing nearly $ 5 billion in Boeing Fixed price Developing the Starlineer contract, the company records the loss of the plan almost every year.
Boeing’s plan and Elon Musk’s SpaceX, the task of the crew of NASA has been executed 10 times and rely on it Dragon capsuleEssence
Last summer, the first batch of crew members of Boeing flew after a part of the promotion system of the capsule. When STARLINER delivered Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to the International Space Station, NASA made a decision arrive Take the Starliner back And use SpaceX to return to the crew earlier this year-this is the choice of agents Recently politicizedEssence
Neither Boeing and NASA do not provide detailed information about how or when to solve the problem of Starlinaner’s promotion.
Boeing confirmed last week that Deputy President Starline Mark Nappi left his role, and Reuters reportThe company’s ISS plan manager John Mulholland was appointed as a substitute. Mullholland led the Starlineer program from 2011 to 2020.
About four months ago, NASA said It retains the “Window of the Total Starliner Flying in 2025”, but it is planned to fly SpaceX on the task launched in spring and late summer. NASA subsequently specified: “Once the system certification path for Boeing will be established, the time and configuration of Starliner’s next flight will be determined.”
Since these comments were published in October, the agency has not provided updates to Starliner.
