> Wonder who's paying for the cost overruns?

Boeing

A compelling theory about Boeing's lack of competence wrt Starliner is that they are institutionally unable to operate under a fixed-price regime.

Boeing for now. If Boeing keeps screwing the pooch though... who here doesn't think they'll be bailed out one way or the other?

> who here doesn't think they'll be bailed out

One can hope that, if they're "bailed out," that it comes with mandates for quality control that, if violated, result in a corporate death penalty and temporary nationalization.

This gao report is about EUS, which isn't a fixed price contract, so really it is the taxpayer.