Would you really want to bet the future of your country on Boeing making something? They dropped the ball on passenger airplanes and a spacecraft
Japan announcing a VF-1 Valkyrie that play’s city pop would make me nut into the 5th dimension.
Why would anyone trust Boeing with such a project?
Political convenience is a big one with them. At least with the passenger airplanes, their only competitor is very non-American Airbus, so they’re not only too big to fail but too embarrassing to fail.
I wouldn’t be surprised at all if in 10 years their liners regularly fall out of the sky, and the US government just covers it up domestically the way China does with a lot of their corner cutting.
That being said, I can’t rule out that their bid wasn’t just better here, at least on paper.
Next frame: it includes a exclusive bonus 3 album set by Bitchin’ Betty.
