Thread by @TGMetsFan98

Reading @NASAOIG's report on NASA's management of the Commercial Crew program, which can be found here: oig.nasa.gov/docs/IG-20-005…

"Final vehicle certification for both contractors will likely be delayed at least until Summer 2020."

@NASAOIG "NASA continues to accept deferrals or changes to components and capabilities originally planned to be demonstrated on each contractor’s uncrewed test flights. Taken together, these factors may elevate the risk of a significant system failure."

@NASAOIG "NASA will likely experience a reduction in the number of USOS crew aboard the ISS from three to one beginning in spring 2020 given schedule delays in the development of Boeing and SpaceX space flight systems coupled with a reduction in the frequency of Soyuz flights."

@NASAOIG And then there's this paragraph about pricing. This is a problem. Boeing was paid $287.2 million to address a "potential" crew transport gap. SpaceX was not.

@NASAOIG Tentative ISS crew flight schedule shows Boeing CFT launching January 2020, and SpaceX Crew-1 June 2020. Doesn't show SpaceX DM-2, as it is not a crew rotation flight.

@NASAOIG SpaceX Crew Dragon: $55 million per seat
Russian Soyuz: $79.2 million per seat
Boeing Starliner: $90 million per seat

Bound to improve with Vulcan...but still.

@NASAOIG Correction: $79.7 million per Soyuz seat. Thanks @jack. #EditButton

@NASAOIG @jack "In August 2018, SpaceX experienced failures on two main parachute canopies during the return of its Dragon capsule from a cargo resupply mission to the ISS." That would've been CRS-15, which was still successfully recovered.

@NASAOIG @jack "In April 2019, SpaceX experienced an anomaly during an air drop test intended to demonstrate that the Dragon 2 capsule could safely land with three instead of four parachutes. During the test, the three parachutes failed, resulting in the loss of the test sled."

@NASAOIG @jack "SpaceX received its updated parachute system in August 2019 from its subcontractor, and has since performed 15 tests of the new system. However, this parachute system also initially experienced two anomalies that resulted in corrective actions."