But the shareholders have been taken care of, right? Is the sacred shareholder OKAY?
Never mind that a famed company has been dismantled to pump the stock for a few years (and how long it took is a testament to its former excellence).
https://www.amazon.com/Flying-Blind-Tragedy-Fall-Boeing/dp/0...
What do shareholders have to do with it? Why are they so different from shareholders of Microsoft, Apple, Google, Facebook...? Do you really think they are happy now? No-damn-body would trade enormous future profits from one of the biggest opportunities of the future for some measly one-time millions today, in today's dollars. Space industry is going to produce many trillionaires.
This is the company which famously asked its engineers to put the shareholders at top of mind when making all of their decisions.
So what? That doesn't mean anything. The shareholders didn't say this, the management of the company did.
The shareholders are supposed to fire management when they are being stupid.
It's not that easy with such a big company. Look at Tesla and Musk. A management-aligned board can put a stop to many things the shareholders would like to do.