Fred J McCall wrote:
Do note that Boeing is being paid twice as much to develop CST-100 as
SpaceX is being paid to develop Manned Dragon. These are two
competing systems. Ask yourself why that is.

LOL, isn't it obvious? They may have come in with a higher bid than
other (non-winning) bids, but they are the company with a "track
record", which was no doubt part of the decision making process (either
explicitly or implicitly).


This is for the development/demonstration part of the program. I
would think "track record" would let you do it cheaper, not cost more.

Sometimes having it done before results in a more realistic view on
total costs beforehand.