From: snidely.too@gmail.com   
      
   Snidely suggested that ...   
   > The Running Man formulated the question :   
   >> On 27/10/2024 02:57 Snidely  wrote:   
   >>> On Friday, The Running Man exclaimed wildly:   
   >>>>    
   >>>>   
   >>>> "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.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >>    
   >>   
   >> 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.   
      
      
   On the other hand, there seems to have been a WSJ article claiming   
   Boeing is trying to sell off Starliner and ISS operations.   
      
   /dps   
      
      
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