TECH - SpaceX CEO Elon Musk Blames Boeing's Starliner Delay On 'Too Many Non-Technical Managers' | Benzinga
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Monday reflected on the delays with Boeing Co‘s (NYSE:BA) Starliner spacecraft, contracted by NASA for transportation to the International Space Station (ISS) alongside SpaceX’s Dragon.
What Happened: Musk on Monday pegged the delay in Starliner’s first crewed flight on “too many non-technical managers” at Boeing. NASA awarded both Boeing and SpaceX contracts to enable to and from transportation to the ISS after retiring its space shuttle. While SpaceX was awarded $2.6 billion, Boeing was awarded $4.2 billion.
Despite the lower award amount, SpaceX sent its first crewed mission to the ISS in 2020 on its Dragon spacecraft and has since then undertaken multiple missions, overtaking its traditional rival.
“Although Boeing got $4.2 billion to develop an astronaut capsule and SpaceX only got $2.6 billion, SpaceX finished 4 years sooner,” Musk wrote on X. “Too many non-technical managers at Boeing.”
Although Boeing got $4.2 billion to develop an astronaut capsule and SpaceX only got $2.6 billion, SpaceX finished 4 years sooner.
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