Comments on: Boeing moves forward on its commercial manned capsule https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/boeing-moves-forward-on-its-commercial-manned-capsule/ Thu, 14 Apr 2011 12:38:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Kelly Starks https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/boeing-moves-forward-on-its-commercial-manned-capsule/#comment-16700 Thu, 14 Apr 2011 12:38:33 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=8471#comment-16700 > .. seven-person CST-100 space taxi it is developing with financial backing from NASA.

I wonder how quickly they would drop the project without the NASA grants?

Though to be fair, so far there is very little money is in any of the grants.

> “..NASA awarded the team $18 million to mature the capsule design”

They seem to be runing on fumes waiting for bigger CCdev money later.
>”“We’ve been working since the end of [CCDev 1] up to this point with internal funds to keep our
team going and I’m real anxious to get going and work with NASA.””

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