Boeing Wins Space Mission Contracts Owing To Its 'Armies Of Lobbyists,' Says SpaceX CEO Elon Musk Amid Starliner Return Delay
Boeing Wins Space Mission Contracts Owing To Its 'Armies Of Lobbyists,' Says SpaceX CEO Elon Musk Amid Starliner Return Delay
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said on Saturday that its rival Boeing Co. is awarded government contracts in the space segment owing to their "armies of lobbyists" despite safety concerns around its commercial plane segment.
SpaceX首席执行官埃隆·马斯克周六表示,其竞争对手波音公司在太空领域获得政府合同是因为他们的“游说团队”的影响,尽管波音商业航班部门存在安全问题。
What Happened: "They have armies of lobbyists," Musk wrote in response to an X user who wondered why Boeing is awarded big contracts from the government despite the issues flagged with its passenger flight segment.
“他们有游说团队,”马斯克在回应一位提问波音公司为什么能从政府获得大量合同的X用户时写道,尽管其客运航班部门存在问题。
"Not sure why Boeing (given their track record with passenger flights) is given such contracts when SpaceX (given their track record with launches) is just vastly superior," Dhaval Shroff wrote. Shroff is also an employee at Musk's Tesla.
“不确定波音(考虑到其客机的业绩)为什么会获得这样的合同,而为什么太空控件方面做得更好的SpaceX却不是。”Dhaval Shroff写道。Shroff也是马斯克特斯拉的员工。
They have armies of lobbyists
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 28, 2024
它们拥有游说团队。
—埃隆·马斯克(@elonmusk)2024年7月28日
The comments on Boeing's alleged incompetence relative to SpaceX come amid safety issues plaguing its commercial airplane segment and technical issues identified with its Starliner spacecraft.
关于波音在商用飞机领域存在的安全问题以及其星际飞船存在的技术问题,人们发表了对其所谓的无能。
Boeing launched its Starliner spacecraft in early June with two astronauts – Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore. Though they were initially estimated to return on June 14, the return dates have been delayed time and again owing to issues of helium system leaks and thruster performance identified with the Starliner spacecraft while docking with the International Space Station (ISS.)
波音在六月初发射了两名宇航员——苏妮塔·威廉姆斯和布奇·威尔莫尔的星际飞船。尽管最初预计他们将于6月14日返回,但由于星际飞船在与国际空间站(ISS)对接时发现了氦系统泄漏和推进器性能等问题,回归日期一再推迟。
NASA is currently trying to study the risks associated with these issues before returning the astronauts.
NASA目前正在研究返回宇航员之前与这些问题相关的风险。
Last week, NASA's Commercial Crew Program manager Steve Stich said that they haven't ascertained a return date yet. While the focus is on returning the astronauts aboard Starliner itself, using SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft to return the astronauts in case the Starliner can't is also a possibility, Stich said.
上周,NASA的商业船员计划经理史蒂夫·斯蒂奇表示,他们尚未确定返回日期。尽管重点是让宇航员在星际飞船上回归,但如果星际飞船不行,使用SpaceX的龙飞船让宇航员回归也是一个可能性,斯蒂奇说。
Why It Matters: NASA awarded both Boeing and SpaceX contracts to enable transportation to and from the ISS after retiring its space shuttle. SpaceX sent its first crewed mission to the ISS in 2020 on its Dragon spacecraft and has since then undertaken multiple missions, overtaking its traditional rival.
为什么它很重要:NASA授予波音和SpaceX合同,以便在淘汰其航天飞机后往返于ISS。SpaceX在2020年通过其龙飞船向ISS发送了第一个载人任务,自那以后已经进行了多次任务,超过了其传统竞争对手。
Boeing's Starliner spacecraft has been marred by several delays since the start. The spacecraft was supposed to have its first uncrewed test flight in 2015 which was delayed up to 2019. The spacecraft then failed to achieve its intended orbit. In 2022, the spacecraft completed its first successful uncrewed flight to the International Space Station.
波音的星际飞船从开始就一直受到多次延迟的困扰。这艘宇宙飞船最初预计在2015年进行首次载人试飞,但直到2019年才实现。然后宇宙飞船未能达到预期的轨道。2022年,该宇宙飞船完成了首次成功的无人驾驶飞行前往国际空间站。
If the ongoing crewed flight test is successful, Boeing will become the next private company to shuttle astronauts to and from the ISS for NASA, like SpaceX.
如果正在进行的载人飞行测试成功,波音将成为接送宇航员到ISS的下一个私人公司,就像SpaceX一样。
Musk has previously pegged the delay on Starliner on "too many non-technical managers" at Boeing.
马斯克之前将星际飞船的延迟归结于波音的“太多非技术管理人员”。
"Although Boeing got $4.2 billion to develop an astronaut capsule and SpaceX only got $2.6 billion, SpaceX finished 4 years sooner," Musk said in May. "Too many non-technical managers at Boeing."
“尽管波音获得了42亿美元来开发宇航员舱,而SpaceX仅获得了26亿美元,但SpaceX比波音提前了4年。”马斯克在5月份表示。“波音有太多非技术管理人员。”
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