Tonaia t1_j1c71y5 wrote on December 23, 2022 at 5:30 AM

Reply to comment by DecoyBacon in Latest Soyuz capsule leak prompts Russians to plan possible rescue of space station crew by RandomForks

The US has contracts with SpaceX and with Boeing. Boeing's Starliner was plagued with problems during development and will be entering service about three years late. Sierra Space's Dreamchaser (It's a mini shuttle, let's go!) will start cargo missions in 2023, and will continue to be developed to have a crewed variant sometime later in the decade, probably for when Orbital Reef becomes a thing.

You complain about SpaceX, but have they ever been a bad partner for NASA to work with?

DecoyBacon t1_j1c7f1k wrote on December 23, 2022 at 5:34 AM

No issues with SpaceX yet but Musk is off-putting and unreliable at the moment. As long as he's hands off I'm a big fan of SpaceX

DecoyBacon t1_j1c7imx wrote on December 23, 2022 at 5:35 AM

Also I'm not familiar with the dream chaser so I've got to look that up. What a name!