What Happened To Boeing Starliner?

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In 2010, Boeing hoped to complete a crewed Starliner mission by 2015. Yet, here we are in 2021, and Boeing has yet to successfully complete an uncrewed mission with Starliner. Meanwhile, SpaceX has been making tremendous progress in terms of Crew Dragon. SpaceX has already completed two crewed missions using Crew Dragon, and it seems like Crew Dragon will only be used more frequently moving forward. This brings up the question though, what happened to Boeing Starliner and how was SpaceX able to beat Boeing to a crewed ISS mission. Well, Boeing has been facing significant issues with their core business with the 737 Max 8 fiasco and terrible financials. Aside from this, Starliner is not Boeing's only project nor their main focus while Crew Dragon was the primary focus of SpaceX for quite some time. This video explains the evolution of the Boeing Starliner and the various reasons Starliner fell short of Crew Dragon.

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Timestamps:
0:00 - Starliner Program
0:31 - Initial Funding
2:52 - Delays & Failures
7:13 - Boeing’s Shortfalls

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[ChadSimplicio]

If the 2nd Starliner test fails, that project should be canned, and NASA should give the Dream Chaser a chance.

[myfavoritemartian]

SPACEX: "Our business is Spaceflight."
BOEING: "Our hobby is Spaceflight."

[sugarmaker]

Being a former Lockheed Martin employee, I am glad to see that Boeing can't get their $hit together... VIVA LA SPACE X!

[timothycrystal]

Boeing, and most of the long standing space contractors operate on the model of increased profit via cost overruns. In that model, failure and delay are financially encouraged. SpaceX is disrupting that model.

[pilotelliott]

and one of the astronauts set to launch on starliner retired to “focus on family” let’s say he didn’t want to die and leave his family behind.

[gibbsm]

I like how you used the Sierra Nevada beer company logo instead of the aerospace company of the same name :P

[nfarnell]

Lack of focus???? Not really, their focus was on off loading as much cash from NASA as possible. They really need a punishing shake up with their priorities.

[dan.vitale]

"Docking error" is inaccurate. Due to the timer issue the Starliner never had enough fuel to get to the ISS, so it never had a chance to dock. It didnt even get close to the ISS.

[owendeyoung]

Okay I’m going to be completely honest, I don’t think nasa should send up ANYONE on star liner unless they preform 2 unmanned missions with 0 major errors. Ever single test has had a major fail. I would be terrified if I was the astronauts that had to fly on that out of date capsule

[Adam-rtlc]

Crew Dragon is already operational, with the Falcon 9 having over 100 successful launches, while the Starliner has 0. Crew Dragon is also about 30-40 million dollar cheaper per seat. Unless Boeing makes serious progress soon, I don't see it getting much farther into development.

[larrykstanley]

Let’s not all forget just how far Boing has fallen: Starliner, Boing 737 Jetliner, Airforce KC-46a Tanker, To fail this badly points to incompetence and mismanagement. Boing’s new executive leadership style is clearly at fault. Oh well I hope that doesn’t impact the bonuses.

[stonesie]

If current timetables hold then we will have seen 5 manned Crew Dragon missions before anyone straps in to a Starliner on the launch pad... (Demo 2, Crew 1, 2, 3 and inspiration 4)

[Ekatha]

Boeing's Space division has absolutely nothing to do with their aircraft business. None. Also, the pandemic didn't seem to slow SpaceX down much, so why would it affect Boeing?

The reason the Starliner had 80+ major issues, according to NASA, is that the vast majority of the spacecraft's software was written by non-Boeing people, outside the country, and there wasn't any full-up testing of the software with the hardware. Boeing's problem is that there are way too many Mcdonnell Douglas managers running things instead of Boeing engineers. This is why Boeing's core business of aircraft manufacturing is going down the drain and why their space business is soon to follow.

[ryanhamstra]

What happened? They had the same people program it that programmed the 737Max autopilot

[x]

If I remember right. Boeing entirely expected to get more money for starliner just as normal funding historically went. The big change was SpaceX actually working.

[MrClearview]

Should have picked Sierra Nevada, instead of Boeing. Oh, I think you used the wrong logo for Sierra Nevada?? Now I want a beer.

[raghul]

IMO, US must encourage private space companies like Spacex. It's efficient and cheaper. Boeing consumes a lot of national resources with very little outcome!

[murdelabop]

The real problem with Boeing is that they aren't even primarily an aircraft manufacturer, they're a defense contractor. As part of the Military Industrial Complex their major business is pumping money from the federal government into their shareholders' pockets. And lately they haven't even been very good at that.

[SuperDave_BR]

sadly the boardroom's greed took over Boing's future.

[scholi]

I doubt that any space tourism mission will take place in the Starliner with the Dragons competition.