Boeing's Starliner lifeline: a new NASA contract and $359M (headline-grade)
From the Space digest for 2026-10-03
What happened: earlier coverage carries "How NASA Saved Boeing's Space Program With a New Contract and $359 Million"; the fresh reaction piece runs hotter ("NASA throwing its entire access to space into question… SpaceX getting ready to pull the rug out") — opinion, no new fact.
What's genuinely new: a dollar figure on NASA's decision to keep Boeing in the crewed program — to be read against the thread's standing record (Starliner-2 in 2028, Dragon wind-down 17 missions through 2030). Primary not in our feed; treat the contract shape (new award? modification?) as unverified until a wire piece or NASA release lands. Watch: what the contract actually buys, and whether the Starliner-2 target survives.