NASA Considers Boeing Starliner

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Boeing Starliner saga

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NASA Nearly Bet It All on Boeing's Troubled StarlinerâHereâs Why That Changed

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A new book reveals that NASA considered Boeing 's Starliner as the only commercial spacecraft to transport astronauts to and from the International Space Station .

The book, Reentry: SpaceX, Elon Musk and the Reusable Rockets that Launched a Second Space Age , was published by Ars Technica ’s Eric Berger .

In 2014 , NASA awarded Boeing and SpaceX contracts to develop spacecraft capable of carrying crew and cargo to the ISS .

The decision was so close that NASA had to rewrite its Commercial Crew contract to include both companies.

The ongoing tale of the two companies illustrates the growing pains of the spaceflight industry, and the need to keep up with its increasing demands. If it had only invested in Boeing as a safe choice rather than opting to create competition in the industry, NASA would have been much worse off today ..

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