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Roamingkillerpanda t1_jdi609f wrote

Reply to comment by kielu in NASA delays Boeing Starliner's debut crewed voyage by mustafar0111

The cost plus promotes efficiency or the fixed price?

Fixed price should be the way going forward on relatively low risk endeavors. I’ve worked contracts that were really pushing the envelope and the company management didn’t want to bid because they were concerned that they would lose money on the contract.

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kielu t1_jdi6709 wrote

Fixed price does. That wasn't obvious from what i wrote?

For absolutely innovative scientific research fixed price leads nowhere. Typical example is fusion power. But this rocket? Oversimplifying: it's just bigger.

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