SpaceX to retire Crew Dragon after 2030, leaving NASA with few options
SpaceX has told NASA it will stop flying Crew Dragon and Falcon 9 to low-Earth orbit after ISS support ends in 2030 and will not sell missions to private station operators. NASA is investing another $359 million in Boeing's Starliner, which has yet to fly a single operational crew mission.
- SpaceX will support the ISS through 2030, then retire Crew Dragon and Falcon 9
- Axiom, Voyager and Vast were told they cannot order Crew Dragon missions
- NASA invested $3.1B in Crew Dragon and $5.1B in Starliner, which has yet to fly crew
- NASA will spend $359M more to fix Starliner propulsion and certify Vulcan
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