I'm still impressed that SpaceX, with <20 years of experience, is even in the same ballpark as Boeing and its 101 years.
Internally, NASA believes Boeing ahead of SpaceX in commercial crew
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Re: Internally, NASA believes Boeing ahead of SpaceX in commercial crew
#12President Bush promised a shuttle replacement by 2014 when he canceled the shuttle.
President Bush also proclaimed "Mission Accomplished".
Also declared "Brownie" was doing a "Heckuva job!"
I think it is the nature of most politicians to "spin" to the point of "spectacular falsehoods".
Re: Internally, NASA believes Boeing ahead of SpaceX in commercial crew
#13President Bush promised a shuttle replacement by 2014 when he canceled the shuttle.
All presidents promise something for years after their tenure and then proceed with cutting the budget.
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#15I'm still impressed that SpaceX, with <20 years of experience, is even in the same ballpark as Boeing and its 101 years.
Im surprised people worship SpaceX for reinventing 1970s rocket tech.
Huh, same thing when Go reinvented 1970s programming language C and branded it Go.
ULA will always crush SpaceX
Re: Internally, NASA believes Boeing ahead of SpaceX in commercial crew
#16President Bush promised a shuttle replacement by 2014 when he canceled the shuttle.
Obama cancelled Constellation, then backed the SLS disaster, and told everyone NASA will be going to Mars in 2030.
I think it's pretty safe to assume that NASA will not be going anywhere outside LEO in 2030.
If we are really lucky, it would stop with the manned space expedition charade entirely, and do something useful with those billions of dollars, for a change. Probes, robotics, ecosystem study.
Re: Internally, NASA believes Boeing ahead of SpaceX in commercial crew
#17This headline is another example of biased news pushing a narrative.
Re: Internally, NASA believes Boeing ahead of SpaceX in commercial crew
#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
President Bush also proclaimed "Mission Accomplished".
Also declared "Brownie" was doing a "Heckuva job!" I think it is the nature of most politicians to "spin" to the point of "spectacular falsehoods".
> I think it is the nature of most politicians to "spin" to the point of "spectacular falsehoods".
In recent times it appears to be more a case of "produce spectacular falsehoods, then attempt to spin it"
Re: Internally, NASA believes Boeing ahead of SpaceX in commercial crew
#19President Bush promised a shuttle replacement by 2014 when he canceled the shuttle.
Obama cancelled Constellation, then backed the SLS disaster, and told everyone NASA will be going to Mars in 2030. I think it's pretty safe to assume that NASA will not be going anywhere outside LEO in 2030. If we are really lucky, it would stop with the manned space expedition charade entirely, and do something useful with those billions of dollars, for a change. Probes, robotics, ecosystem study.
If we are to leave the planet eventually, some level of skill at keeping people in space is essential.
(N.B. I'm a scientist who would love more dedicated robotic missions. Human spaceflight is important, too.)
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#20Sigh. http://spacenews.com/crew-dragon-completes-thermal-vacuum-te...
This is for certification, not demonstration missions. That capsule is scheduled for the unmanned DM-1 flight, after which will be the manned DM-2 flight, at which point SpaceX will submit its data for final certification in advance of operations flights.
As an aside, the author (Eric Berger) is in no way biased against SpaceX - he's one of the most overtly pro-SpaceX journalists around.