[Trisell]

And now we wait two years for another “iterative” launch. No wonder it takes NASA 20 years to do anything. And what are they doing in those two years? Certifying the flight computers. I was fearful SpaceX was falling behind but now I see that this was just a publicity stunt to make NASA look competent and effective. When they aren’t.

[Smaug123]

I mean, if I'd written the software for them and it were my software being certified, I'd say two years would be an underestimate :P

[mytailorisrich]

The Orion program, including the CEV from the Constellation program, started in 2006, 16 years ago, and has so far cost $26billion.

That's a long time and a lot of money.