Boeing reportedly considers selling off its space business
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Kelly Ortberg, who took over as Boeing CEO in August, is weighing the sale of the company's space division as part of an attempt to turn things around, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. The plans, which are reportedly at an early stage, could involve Boeing offloading the Starliner spacecraft and its projects supporting the International Space Station.
Boeing is facing a series of predicaments, including a fraud charge over 737 Max plane crashes and Starliner issues that left two astronauts at the ISS for months. Just this week, a Boeing-made satellite for Intelsat stopped working and fell apart suddenly after suffering an anomaly."
We're better off doing less and doing it better than doing more and not doing it...