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Musk Rips Boeing’s $90 Million Space Trips as Cost Tops SpaceX’s

  • Boeing’s Starliner ISS rides are more expensive than a Soyuz
  • NASA’s $287 million payment to Boeing covers expected delays
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Elon Musk Says NASA Is Ripping Off SpaceX
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A fight may be brewing over how much Boeing Co. and Elon Musk’s SpaceX charge U.S. taxpayers for their planned shuttle services to the International Space Station.

NASA’s Inspector General revealed this week that the agency had given Boeing an extra $287.2 million for its work on the commercial crew program, designed to reduce America’s reliance on Russia for trips to the station.