[mglz]

Wasn't it also supposed to go to the moon station for Artemis? Or is that also a non-starter if Starship works out?

[perihelions]

That's Lockheed Martin's unrelated Orion [0] spacecraft (which launches on the SLS orbital rocket, which is contracted primarily to Boeing). It's been under development since 2004; spent $29.4 billion; flown twice without astronauts—in 2014, and in 2022; and still doesn't work [1].

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_(spacecraft)

[1] https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/05/nasa-confirms-independ...

[dotnet00]

Nope, Starliner is not designed to go beyond low Earth orbit. You might be thinking of the commercial space stations intended to replace the ISS, where, yes, Starliner was proposed as the crew transport for Blue Origin's station.

[asau]

While I always knew what Starliner is supposed to be, when worded in this way:

> Starliner is not designed to go beyond low Earth orbit

It’s actually hilarious they chose this name.

[Dalewyn]

You're probably thinking of Orion which is being manufactured by Lockheed Martin and Airbus.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_(spacecraft)