How much did NASA pay SpaceX and Boeing?

Under the Commercial Crew program, NASA awarded SpaceX about $3.1 billion and Boeing about $4.8 billion over the past decade to develop spacecraft to replace the Space Shuttle.

Why did NASA pay SpaceX?

The program is helping to lower the cost of spaceflight and create new a commercial market for humans in space.

What does NASA pay Boeing?

Once Starliner wins its NASA certification like SpaceX’s Crew Dragon did last year, up to six operational missions to the ISS for the agency follow. Both companies developed their capsules under the NASA program, with Boeing’s Starliner contract at $4.5 billion and SpaceX’s at $2.7 billion.

How much does NASA give Boeing?

Boeing offered to sell those seats to NASA for $374 million five days after the agency agreed to the $287 million Starliner boost.

What time does Michael Strahan go up in space?

It’s launch day for Blue Origin’s NS-19 mission aboard New Shepard, which will liftoff off at 9:45 a.m. EST (1445 GMT) to carry Good Morning America host and former NFL player Michael Strahan and five others on a suborbital trip to space.

Why is Boeing paying more for astronaut flights to space?

(SpaceX / Boeing Illustrations) Boeing is in line to get paid substantially more per seat than SpaceX for astronaut trips to the International Space Station, in part because it negotiated an increase in what was meant to be a fixed-cost contract, NASA’s Office of the Inspector General says in a watchdog report.

How much money has SpaceX received from NASA’s Commercial Crew program?

Boeing has received a total of $4.82 billion from NASA’s Commercial Crew Program to date and SpaceX has netted $3.14 billion. You can find those figures here .)

What did NASA OIG say about SpaceX and Boeing?

(NASA OIG Graphic) Actions relating to Boeing came in for special criticism. NASA’s original contracts called for Boeing to receive $4.82 billion for Starliner development, while SpaceX was allotted $3.14 billion for Crew Dragon development.

Why is NASA blaming Boeing and SpaceX for overstating flight seat prices?

“NASA believes the seat prices identified in the OIG report are overstated because they did not account for the cargo capability of the Boeing and SpaceX systems,” NASA spokesperson Josh Finch said in a statement.

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