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In the room where it happened: When NASA nearly gave Boeing all the crew funding (arstechnica.com)

submitted 1 month ago by llamacoffee@lemmy.world to c/spaceflight@sh.itjust.works

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[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

Wow, thanks for sharing this. I was not aware of the role that Phil McAlister played in NASA awarding commercial crew contracts to both SpaceX in addition to Boeing. If he hadn't spoken up, the human spaceflight might look quite different...