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[-] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 68 points 4 weeks ago

Could this be a trick to try to put the liabilities of active Commercial Crew obligations into a dead end company while the parent keeps all $4.2 billion the government spent?

[-] Badeendje@lemmy.world 27 points 4 weeks ago

Nah, they would never do such a thing.

[-] superkret@feddit.org 17 points 4 weeks ago

The Market wouldn't allow it.

[-] thessnake03@lemmy.world 47 points 4 weeks ago

Makes sense considering overall they're hemorrhaging money due to the ongoing strike. That and their capsule issues.

[-] N0body@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 4 weeks ago

Incompetent Managers’ Fire Sale: Space Edition

[-] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 4 weeks ago

Don't forget one of their satellites just mysteriously exploded a few days ago.

[-] anarchrist@lemmy.dbzer0.com 34 points 4 weeks ago

No thanks. If I wanted to blow myself up, I'd ride the one that looks like a penis built by the guy who also looks like a penis.

[-] burble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 4 weeks ago

The suborbital one? At least this one sort of goes to orbit.

[-] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 24 points 4 weeks ago

Ha ha ha what a failure of a company.

[-] spacecadet@lemm.ee 6 points 4 weeks ago

It’s only worth its contracts at this point and those are negligible. The space industry is starting to boom with innovative new startups and launch services getting cheaper with reusable rockets. Boeing already has a storied legacy as well as a foothold in the industry and they still managed to fuck it up. Absolutely worse than morning leadership to not be able to capitalize on what they already have.

It’s like if Google decided to sell off the AI portion of their business.

[-] burble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 weeks ago

Idk, Millennium, a Boeing subsidiary that makes satellites, just got a pretty good contract.

https://spacenews.com/millennium-space-secures-386-million-contract-for-missile-defense-satellites/

[-] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 17 points 4 weeks ago

Maybe NASA should buy it so they can stop wasting money on profits for Boeing

[-] Death_Equity@lemmy.world -2 points 4 weeks ago

I would rather them spend the money on Bitcoin, or maybe space missions.

[-] Mercuri@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago

My first thoughts on this were "good" but after giving it some thought I realized how fucked up this is.

Boeing could've used this as an opportunity to learn from their mistakes. They could have done some serious self reflection. Instead they said, "nah, fuck that" and will now probably approve their biggest stock buyback ever.

What an abysmal failure of a company.

[-] superkret@feddit.org 8 points 4 weeks ago

'bout $5 seems like a fair price.

[-] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago
[-] UraniumBlazer@lemm.ee 4 points 4 weeks ago

Can I have it pweeeeeeze 🥺👉👈

[-] kokesh@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

Let's hope musk doesn't buy it.

[-] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 15 points 4 weeks ago

There's nothing they need from Boeing. Dragon and Falcon are both proven platforms already. Boeing doesn't have much to offer that SpaceX doesn't already have a solution for.

[-] rbos@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 weeks ago

They may have some good engineers still?

[-] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 10 points 4 weeks ago

Those engineers are free to leave and go work for SpaceX instead. You don't buy a failing business division to get a few people and trash everything else.

[-] nnullzz@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago

Wouldn’t that be an anti-trust issue, since he’s already got SpaceX?

[-] fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago

Just gotta wait a few months if his choice, Trump, gets into office :/

[-] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 1 points 4 weeks ago

Ohh wow... Taxpayer wont bail this fail out 🤕

[-] Badeendje@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

Don't be too sure. Boeing space has heavy synergy with their early and missile departments.

[-] No_Eponym@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 weeks ago

I hear Corelle Brands is looking for some high quality M&A these days.

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