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   Message 105,583 of 106,651   
   Sylvia Else to Snidely   
   Re: Starliner, will it ever fly?   
   20 Oct 21 18:23:37   
   
   From: sylvia@email.invalid   
      
   On 20-Oct-21 6:15 pm, Snidely wrote:   
   > On Tuesday, Sylvia Else exclaimed wildly:   
   >> On 20-Oct-21 4:56 pm, Snidely wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> NASA doesn't want a sole provider.  They've already had that, and if   
   >>> SpaceX had to stand down ....   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> They have a sole provider now.   
   >>   
   >> If they got SpaceX to address the near term problem, they could ditch   
   >> Boeing in favour of a company more likely to deliver.   
   >   
   > There's someone who can deliver in two years, without already being as   
   > far along as Boeing?  Even Dragon wasn't that fast.   
   >   
   > /dps   
   >   
      
   On the showing so far, one would have to wonder whether Boeing will ever   
   deliver. At some point, one has to cut one's losses.   
      
   Sylvia.   
      
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