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OutOfHere ◴[] No.41887967[source]
> The space agency will now judge how the Starliner could be eventually certified to fly

Methinks this will require firing all Boeing management, and taking it private :)

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butterlettuce ◴[] No.41888012[source]
I’m all for Elon buying it and trusting that he makes the necessary changes.
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pfdietz ◴[] No.41888047[source]
I think I saw recently that SpaceX is worth about 2x Boeing right now.
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Loughla ◴[] No.41889679[source]
Spacex is at 180bn

Boeing is at 96bn

I was actually prepared to call bullshit on you, but I stand corrected. I figured Boeing would be worth more with all the other things it does.

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Pedro_Ribeiro ◴[] No.41889703[source]
Airplane companies are worth surprisingly less than expected for how crucial and important they seem at first glance.

The market is also not as big as you'd think.

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1. ethbr1 ◴[] No.41890139[source]
It says a lot about the profitability and certification costs in the commercial market.

It's a critical long lead-time, institutional industry, for a nation. But a moneymaker, it's not.

(Even Airbus, if I'm reading it right, is at a USD$120b market cap)