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Maybe Boeing did a better job negotiating their end of the contract, after all, they have been around the block a few times more than SpaceX when it comes to these things. Obviously, we don't know the facts contained in the proposals, but I wonder if SpaceX requested funds to develop landing...

From what I have read, unlike Boeing capsules that are designed to land on terra firma and be reused, SpaceX astronaut capsules land in water and cannot be reused. So, they have to build an entirely new capsule for the next flight. I can't imagine how much that costs and why didn't SpaceX...

I wonder why SpaceX did not design their astronaut capsules to land on terra firma whereas Boeing's capsule does and is designed to be reused 10 times. This means SpaceX will have to build a new capsule for each launch, that doesn't make financial sense to me. Notwithstanding the chance of a...