“I worked at Boeing for about 1.5 years in the 2008-9 time period”

Re:“I worked at Boeing for about 1.5 years in the 2008-9 tim... by starpilot on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @12:50PM (#19675219)

This is kind of why SpaceX is so efficient. That kind of dead wood doesn't really exist there, plus their actual aerospace/mechanical engineers are cream of the crop from the best universities.

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Re:“I worked at Boeing for about 1.5 years in the 2008-9 tim... by decoyworker on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @02:01PM (#19675811)

I think it's that as well as the fact that they are a private company and don't do as much "contracting" in a sense. They aren't handed a gigantic set of legaleze requirements from the customer (the government).

Unless they do- I don't work there but it seems like they build their product, make sure it can lift X mass to orbit well, and if anyone needs shit lifted into orbit they just goto SpaceX. Far less bloat.

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Re:“I worked at Boeing for about 1.5 years in the 2008-9 tim... by 7952 on Tuesday April 16, 2019 @02:56PM (#19676283)

They also have a mission (Mars) that transcends everything.

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