A lot of space advocates (myself included!) First the obvious, any crewed spacecraft needs to be safe and both spacecraft will need to pass NASAs safety standards before they fly crew. Boeing also defended its higher CCtCap award, noting that the company had to develop Starliner "from scratch" whereas SpaceX based Crew Dragon off the robotic Dragon NASAs Office of the Inspector General produced this comparison of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner and the SpaceX Crew Dragon transportation systems based More recently, Boeing and SpaceX sparred over the Commercial Crew Program when a NASA inspector general report found that the average cost of Boeings Starliner The astronaut had family commitments in Boeing Starliner's interface couldn't look more different when compared to the touchscreens used to operate SpaceX's Crew Dragon. Tentative schedules have SpaceX launching Crew Dragon potentially as early as Q1 2020, with Boeing's Starliner following in Q2. NASA is eagerly anticipating the first flight of the Orion capsule launched on the Space Launch System (SLS). To transport astronauts to the ISS, Boeing plans to use its Starliner spacecraft and an Atlas V rocket, while SpaceX will be using the Dragon 2 capsule and Falcon 9 rocket. are looking forward to the first test flights of the SpaceX Dragon 2 and Boeing Starliner, the linchpins of NASAs Commercial Crew program. Comparison chart of NASA's space shuttle, the space agency's new Orion spacecraft, SpaceX's Dragon, SNC's Dream Chaser and Boeing's CST-100 commercial spacecraft. I suppose it may be possible for SpaceX to go back to surface landing, if given permission, or if they go with their own astronauts/passengers. NASA INSISTED that SpaceX go for water landing. Boeing's Starliner crew shakeup gets a little more clear as we learn one of the reasons why commander Chris Ferguson stepped down. The astronauts assigned to crew the first flight tests and missions of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX Crew Dragon acknowledge the media upon introduction at The original concept for Crew Dragon was to land on land, like Soyuz and Boeing Starliner.