Boeing 's Starliner is a human-grade space capsule designed to take astronauts to and from the International Space Station.
Boeing began work on the capsule in 2014, when it signed a $4.2 billion contract with NASA under the agency's Commercial Crew Program.
"The entirety of the Commercial Crew Program was very much a new venture," said Caleb Henry, director of research at Quilty Space.
Of the nearly $5 billion Boeing has received to develop Starliner to date, the company has spent $1.5 billion to cover delay overruns.
SpaceX, meanwhile, has completed over a dozen crewed missions to space, launching both NASA astronauts and private citizens since 2020.
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