From: snidely.too@gmail.com   
      
   The Running Man formulated the question :   
   > On 27/10/2024 02:57 Snidely  wrote:   
   >> On Friday, The Running Man exclaimed wildly:   
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   >>>   
   >>> "I think that that we're better off being doing less and doing it better   
   >>> than  doing more and not doing it well," Ortberg said. "So we're in the   
   >>> process of  taking an evaluation of the portfolio. It's something a new CEO   
   >>> always does  when you come into a business."   
   >>>   
   >>> This doesn't bode well for Starliner IMHO.   
   >>   
   >> NASA has it pencilled in for 2H 2025.  NASA really wants a choice.  And   
   >> Eric Berger has suggested that NASA would be willing to pay for a cargo   
   >> flight if that's needed to prepare for manned operation.   
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   > What NASA wants isn't relevant. Boeing may well consider that bowing out may   
   > be  more financially beneficial than continuing the program.   
      
   Starliner may well be a drop in the bucket compared to the hemorraging   
   in the airliner business, and bowing out may result in losing a   
   customer on other projects as well.   
      
   /dps   
      
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