Re: BS
Charlie, Boeing raised merry hell because Airbus were receiving money from EU coffers - apparently it is "unfair" that a commercial company should receive state aid.
Apparently there are absolutely NO similarities between that, and Boeing being given exclusive access to NASA aerospace research (CCVs, laminar airflow, high speed/high altitude flight, high-alpha flight to name just a few) or being paid to develop new technologies for military aircraft which just happen to appear soon after in their commercial aircraft too
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Is Boeing's Starliner and any associated hardware going to be used exclusively for US Government launches, or are Boeing going to offer the service to other, non-USG, customers?
Boeing's work, like all corporations, is for the benefit of the shareholders and any good stuff that benefits other people is a happy accident (and a missed marketing opportunity).