A Starliner He is still experiencing severe headaches BoeingThe company in its annual report to the US Stock Exchange and Securities Commission (SEC) confirmed that only in 2024 the program dedicated to its manned capsule for NASA called it Losses for 523 million dollarsField
This means that general losses in development and commissioning of Starlinerer They already exceed 2000 million dollarsThe field and the manufacturer warns that the numbers can be increased in the coming months or years.
“In 2024, we increase the loss of the future coverage by $ 523. [millones] Basically, in order to reflect the delays in the schedule and higher evidence and certification costs, as well as higher mission costs after certification, ”Boeing about Starliner in the official document.
It is worth noting that the contract that Boeing signed from NASA in 2014 to develop Starlinerer It was an agreement on a fixed priceThus, the company promised to take care of all the costs that arise above the amount that the US space agency will distribute.
The Starliner program suffered from delays and technical difficulties that forced him to become news for less desired reasons for Boeing. And the worst of the company, based in Seattle, is that she has not yet given details about what would happen to her space capsule.
Boeing has already lost more than $ 2 billion with Starliner
As we have already indicated, the Starlliner project was launched More than 10 years agoIn 2014, NASA chose Boeing and SpaceX for the development of commercial capsules that would allow him to transfer astronauts and loads to the International Space Station and Back.
Elon Mask firm took the front of the crew of Dragon and Dragon, while Boeing starred in several failures. The first unmanned orbital flight Starliner took EEI.
First of all, the procedure was successful, but soon problems arose. During the ascent, The falls were recorded in 5 stamps StarlinererAnd Boeing engineers could not find the reason. Although the operation was restored in four of them, NASA determined that you should not risk the life of its astronauts.
For this reason, it was finally decided to separate the Starliner of the International Space Station without a crew inside. Wilmore and Williams remained in space much longer than they were planned initially, and only in March of this year they would return to Earth in the SpaceX crew dragon.
According to publications Ars TechnicaOne of the options that NASA believes to give the fight the opportunity to try Starliner with Flight of loading This will be launched in the coming months. Nevertheless, it is unclear what will be in the future for the program. Even more when the United States has more than 5 years.
In addition to the Fiasco Starliner, there are rumors that Boeing for some time wanted to get rid of his spatial unit. In August last year, it was known that together with their partner, Lockhid Martin, they analyzed the United Launch Alliance, a company that works together. But so far it has not been completed.
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