Crew Dragon has transported 10 NASA crews to the International Space Station, while Starliner is struggling to take its first test crew home.
Starliner’s hydrogen leak didn’t strand astronauts in space, but Boeing is losing money fast thanks to the space capsule.If the company hoped a successful launch of its Starliner astronaut capsule would draw attention away from its airliner issues, it wasn’t to be.
SpaceX was a relative newcomer to the space sector, and its Falcon 9 rocket had flown for the first time in 2010. Boeing, meanwhile, had a historic track record of developing technology for NASA’s Apollo program, the Space Shuttle, and the ISS.Now, 14 years later, the outlook couldn’t be more different. SpaceX was celebrated for bringing human spaceflight back to US soil for the first time in almost a decade. The private company is now seen as a pioneer for more affordable, reusable spaceflight.
When comparing Starliner to Crew Dragon in that context, it’s hard not to see Starliner as an unmitigated disaster. Crew Dragon has been operational since 2020, and its Crew-9 mission is expected to lift off this month. It could also soon enable the Moreover, Boeing has far exceeded the fixed fee NASA awarded it. The aerospace firm is now responsible for paying any additional costs required to get Starliner back to Earth and functioning as intended.
Boeing remains confident it can deliver on its promise. During recent press conferences, officials argued exaggerated claims about Starliner’s failures came from bad PR and unclear communication.
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