Re:Boeing has now lost $1.1B on Starliner, with no crew flig...
by Veedrac on Friday July 28, 2023 @08:49AM
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I still can't get over this quote from the congressional hearing with Michael Gass, then-CEO of ULA,
> Some of the most unique missions clearly don't need multiple capabilities in this country, and if we talk about fair and level competition, is it two companies, is it three companies, is it four companies? When does it stop, and how do you limit other companies from wanting to participate, and taking a niche of the of the product?
This was the same hearing in which Gass gave a last ditch defense of Russian engines, and fought Musk in favor of cost-plus and ULA's ~$800m/y subsidy for existing.
Even the people that follow newspace probably normally don't realize just how rotten through the industry and its governance had become.
> Some of the most unique missions clearly don't need multiple capabilities in this country, and if we talk about fair and level competition, is it two companies, is it three companies, is it four companies? When does it stop, and how do you limit other companies from wanting to participate, and taking a niche of the of the product?
This was the same hearing in which Gass gave a last ditch defense of Russian engines, and fought Musk in favor of cost-plus and ULA's ~$800m/y subsidy for existing.
Even the people that follow newspace probably normally don't realize just how rotten through the industry and its governance had become.