“Following a detailed review, Boeing is ending our role in the
Experimental Spaceplane (XSP) program immediately,” Boeing spokesman
Jerry Drelling said."
No mention in the story of how much they've spent to date. I'll go back
and check the comments for that...
Meanwhile, I see two possible interpretations of that statement. "The
money's spent, so long, suckas!" Or "In the wake of recent problems, we
did a review of /other/ potential conspicuous Boeing embarrassments, and
this one scored so high we don't even care if the money's /not/ all
spent yet - we're outta here."
Sigh. I was a good boy, I kept my mouth shut and gave this horse every
chance to learn to sing after all. But I told an old old friend a while
back that once Boeing/Aerojet won this, I thoroughly expected they'd
spend the money, deliver nothing usable, and walk away. Bingo. Alas.
As you say, it might have aged Dave Masten & Co on a years-per-year
basis for a while. (Been there ourselves...) But the odds of useful
results would have been a LOT higher.
Henry
On 1/22/2020 5:06 PM, Ben Brockert wrote:
To the surprise of no one in the industry, Boeing also dropped out of XS-1 (the DARPA reusable first stage program) today without even getting vaguely close to ever flying anything. Imagine what Masten would have done with $150M. Possibly imploded under the stress! But they sure as hell would have gotten closer to flight.
Jeff performed his role well of pointing out the arc of recent DARPA launch programs. https://spacenews.com/boeing-drops-out-of-darpa-experimental-spaceplane-program/
On Wed, Jan 22, 2020 at 3:39 PM Anthony Cesaroni <anthony@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:anthony@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
<http://app.link.pentonaviation.com/e/er?s=966913078&lid=158334&elqTrackId=D13D17B580A49D6FA3ACA24AAE91EB70&elq=9000d63b5d6d43418171376d203a324c&elqaid=22906&elqat=1&utm_rid=CPEN1000009551484&utm_campaign=22906&utm_medium=email&elq2=9000d63b5d6d43418171376d203a324c>
*Boeing: Don’t Expect MAX Approvals Before Mid-Year*
<http://app.link.pentonaviation.com/e/er?s=966913078&lid=158334&elqTrackId=7ACFA467161757A74FF788275E1BFB07&elq=9000d63b5d6d43418171376d203a324c&elqaid=22906&elqat=1&utm_rid=CPEN1000009551484&utm_campaign=22906&utm_medium=email&elq2=9000d63b5d6d43418171376d203a324c>
/Sean Broderick/
Boeing is telling customers and suppliers that the 737 MAX will
not receive its first regulatory approvals until “mid-2020,” which
all but ensures MAX operators will not have the aircraft before
the peak mid-year travel period ends.
The FAA is finding issues with the FMS as well apparently. Mother
Boeing really took a hit on this one and the supplier industry
fallout is becoming significant. 3000 lay-offs at Spirit alone.
What went wrong with Boeing may be a book title soon.
Anthony J. Cesaroni
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