Wait, as the article points out, we don’t know how much crew dragon cost because SpaceX is private and doesn’t have to report their financials. How are they coming to the conclusion that Starliner cost twice as much? And in both cases, they’re fixed price contracts, so the costs aren’t passed on to the taxpayers.
You make a good point, we don’t actually know the SpaceX’s internal cost for manufacturing and operating Dragon. We do however know much much NASA is paying them for the services, and this article is simply pointing out that based on the information we do know, Starliner has used about 2x the funds that Dragon has. By all accounts, Dragon has been extremely successful. At this point, it actually makes money for SpaceX. That is not the case for Boeing.
Wait, as the article points out, we don’t know how much crew dragon cost because SpaceX is private and doesn’t have to report their financials. How are they coming to the conclusion that Starliner cost twice as much? And in both cases, they’re fixed price contracts, so the costs aren’t passed on to the taxpayers.
You make a good point, we don’t actually know the SpaceX’s internal cost for manufacturing and operating Dragon. We do however know much much NASA is paying them for the services, and this article is simply pointing out that based on the information we do know, Starliner has used about 2x the funds that Dragon has. By all accounts, Dragon has been extremely successful. At this point, it actually makes money for SpaceX. That is not the case for Boeing.