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FatherOfCursesyesterday at 8:34 PM7 repliesview on HN

Boeing has an over 100 year history of consistently delivering products at all levels of its industry. SpaceX has .... good vibes?


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delichonyesterday at 8:38 PM

I'm using their services to chat with you right now. You are correct, it's all done with good electromagnetic vibrations.

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psunavy03yesterday at 8:49 PM

Starliner leaving astronauts stranded after first not making it to the space station.

737 MAX crashing and killing people due to slapped-together flight control integration.

737 MAX having windows blow out due to sheer manufacturing incompetence.

KC-46 deliveries being rejected due to literal tools being found in fuel tanks.

Boeing HAD an over 100 year history of delivering. You can build a thousand bridges. No one's calling you a bridgebuilder after you shag just one sheep.

ragebolyesterday at 8:40 PM

And recently went off a cliff. Have you heard about the 737 MAX, with not one but 2 crashes due to problems with it's control system?

DarmokJalad1701yesterday at 10:08 PM

Ah yes. One of them got $2.6B for six flights. The other one got $4.2B for six flights.

One of them flew six flights successfully, got contract extended further to 14 flights for a total of 4.93 billion. They also flew other paying customers seven times.

In that time, the second one flew once with astronauts, and had so many problems that they ended up coming home on the first guy's spacecraft.

I will let you figure out who is who.

Consistent delivery at all levels indeed.

MetaWhirledPeasyesterday at 8:37 PM

> Boeing has an over 100 year history of consistently delivering products

Like Starliner?

> SpaceX has .... good vibes?

...if by "good vibes" you mean:

- 138 rocket launches last year

- Global low-latency internet

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standardUseryesterday at 8:45 PM

It's about growth potential. Boeing has all the excitement of a utility company, just with bigger publicity problems. SpaceX has the potential to forge whole new industries. If you're bullish on space tourism or asteroid mining, SpaceX is the best bet on the table right now.

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misiti3780yesterday at 8:36 PM

Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore beg to differ.