Glen I like your brewery analogy but even the best of analogies break down sooner or later. I hate to admit it but having tasted a few of these “interesting craft beers”, no one can pour me a better beer than the old tried and true Belgian and German lagers. Except that here is where yours and now my brewery analogy breaks down.
Seattle Times today: “Boeing said Monday that the problem that scrubbed the launch of its Starliner spacecraft was caused when 13 valves in its propulsion system failed to properly open during a preflight test earlier this month, a more widespread issue than was previously known.” 13 valves? Really? Only Boeing could invent 13 valves which simultaneously fail to open. How about 12 or 14, but 13? That number alone should give us all the willies, let alone any number of valves on a human bearing rocket ship.
My bet is that Boeing doesn’t have the imagination or creativity to successfully buy and bring any Eviation dream, let alone this one to fruition. And last I checked Boeing isn’t a real player in good PR anymore. I’d sooner place my bets on toking, stoned and baked Elon.