Comment by verzali

I've heard Boeing has been looking for a way out for a while now and it's NASA that is pushing them to go ahead with Starliner. A lot of people at NASA don't like relying on SpaceX for everything. Also it's not really certain the ISS will actually be terminated in 2031, NASA has said it could probably be extended, and in theory the plan is then to switch to private stations, which a capsule like Starliner would be able to serve.