{"id":19672,"date":"2014-11-22T00:06:30","date_gmt":"2014-11-21T16:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/boeing-chief-engineer-says-spacex-drives-us-to-be-better\/"},"modified":"2014-11-22T00:06:30","modified_gmt":"2014-11-21T16:06:30","slug":"boeing-chief-engineer-says-spacex-drives-us-to-be-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/boeing-chief-engineer-says-spacex-drives-us-to-be-better\/","title":{"rendered":"Boeing chief engineer says SpaceX \u2018drives us to be better\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ted Goetz, a chief engineer with Boeing\u2019s Commercial Crew, speaks at Spacefest at the Museum of Flight.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Boeing doesn\u2019t mind its competition \u2014 in fact, the company welcomes it.<\/p>\n

That was the message from Ted Goetz, a chief engineer with Boeing\u2019s Commercial Crew who spoke today at Spacefest, a three-day event organized by the Museum of Flight in Seattle.<\/p>\n

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Boeing\u2019s CST-100.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After describing the development of Boeing\u2019s CST-100, Goetz was asked about SpaceX, the Elon Musk-led company that is sharing a $7 billion NASA contract with Boeing to help send astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS).<\/p>\n

\u201cWith SpaceX in the picture, it\u2019s actually pretty cool,\u201d Goetz said. \u201cThey drive us to be better. It helps us sharpen our skills, and re-examine some of the things with how we\u2019re doing business. It\u2019s made a difference, for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n

Both Boeing and SpaceX will send U.S. astronauts to the ISS starting in 2017. NASA made its decision in September, awarding the bulk of the contract to Boeing ($4.6 billion), and the rest to Space X.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis will relieve NASA of the job of [sending astronauts to the ISS], or paying the Russians to do it,\u201d Goetz said. \u201cIt will allow NASA to focus its resources on the other great things we want to do in space, like research on the Space Station, going to Mars, or maybe going back to the moon.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The contracts include certification, development, and a maximum of six missions. The CST-100 can transport up to seven passengers \u2014 or a mix of people and cargo \u2014 and three capsules will be built at Boeing\u2019s Commercial Crew Processing Facility at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.<\/p>\n

The competition between SpaceX and Blue Origin \u2014 the space venture backed by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos \u2014 isn\u2019t quite as friendly. SpaceX recently challenged Blue Origin\u2019s rocket-landing patent, and the companies previously battled over a contract to control and operate NASA\u2019s historic Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a video from Boeing showing off the CST-100:<\/p>\n