Ultimately, NASA agreed to pay SpaceX $5 million for its review, and it proceeded. Boeing, however, said such a review would require an additional payment of about $25 million, according to a person familiar with the negotiations. ADBut Boeing’s space division is not immune from deficiencies that might affect flight safety. The uncrewed capsule made a soft return to Earth with just the two chutes, and NASA and Boeing declared the test a success. “Poor safety is horrible business.”ADFor Boeing, however, the review had a far more limited scope, Finch said: a review of documents to ensure it was enforcing a drug-free workplace “and a limited number of interviews with company personnel.”Further details about how the SpaceX and Boeing safety reviews differed were not available.

Source: Washington Post November 18, 2019 18:35 UTC