The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday that Boeing is getting out of the space business—or trying to. Part of a wider move to trim and improve business holdings and operations, the company is looking to offload its space program, assuming it can find a suitable buyer.
Boeing has been one of NASA’s major contractors since the days of Apollo, when it built the massive first stage of the Saturn V rockets that launched astronauts to the moon. These days, its major NASA projects include Starliner, the Space Launch System (SLS), and operations for the International Space Station (ISS). According to the Journal, Boeing might retain control of SLS in the event of a sale.
