What happens to Boeing’s Starliner now?

The Boeing Starliner crewed spacecraft program was initiated by NASA to provide a second source for human lift to low Earth orbit, ensuring access to space in case of difficulties with the SpaceX Crew Dragon system. Program delays, cost overruns and hardware problems with both the Starliner uncrewed test flight, and the first passenger carrying trip to the ISS, have placed the future the program in question.

Elon Musk, owner of SpaceX, is expected to form an important part of the incoming Trump Administration, with an anticipated role in improving government efficiency. Could that role include the cancellation of the Starliner program?

Everything may depend on the next flight of Starliner. If successful, the economics would suggest continuation of the program. If not, and with the Sierra Space Dream Chaser vehicle nearing flight status, the Starliner program may be on the bubble.

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[ApolloKid]

What a disgrace for Boeing, considering they built the first stages for the Saturn 5 at the time.

[donjaksa]

If they re-designate it as a weapon system, then it will be immune to budget cuts

[GoatTheGoat]

Will boeing be refunding the money the government has paid for the failed starliner program? If I buy a car and it breaks on the first drive, I'd demand my money back.

[SillySausage-mqso]

Deathliner be sold of as a coffin for some rich SciFi nut, a couple hundred bucks, going cheap.

[Leka]

What works as written text (as an article) does not work as speech (as a YouTube video). You need to write your scripts to the format you are publishing in. You aren't publishing articles but videos.

[TheFunkybert]

The man speaking in this video is not real.

[Bristolcentaurus]

musk has a conflict of interest a mile wide