From The Sidelines, Boeing Regroups And Cheers SpaceX On

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Boeings CST-100 Starliner, pictured after an abbreviated uncrewed flight test in December, is expected to fly again—with crew—next year.
Credit: Frank Michaux/NASA
On the wall in Elon Musk’s office is a framed Aviation Week & Space Technology cover from March 2004 that reads “David and Goliath: Can Tiny SpaceX Rock Boeing?” ( AW&ST March 29, 2004) . “It’s kind of a comical photo, to be frank, because I think the implied answer is ‘no,’” Musk tells Aviation...

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