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I thought it was a fixed price contract, but apparently nasa has been paying them above that.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/11/nasa-report-finds-bo...

Congress killed the Superconducting Super Collider. Has Boeng successfully gotten to the point where SSC could not? I grew up in the area where the tunnels were being built, and I know there was a mad rush to get a certain % completed so it made more sense and cents to complete rather than kill it. So I guess that's at least one success Starliner can brag about?

As with so many things, the time derivative is what's important. SpaceX is only getting better. Boeing is only getting worse.

I don't think SpaceX delays are anything unusual for the aerospace industry. SpaceX will claim 2 years and hit 4 years; industry standard is to claim 10 years and take 20.

Major construction projects, and software, always take longer and cost more than budgeted. If Pournelle’s law is iron, this one is concrete.