[Cincinatus]

Nobody has mentioned the real outrage here -- giving the title "commercial crew" to a program that is nothing more than government corporate welfare, a large fraction going to feed Elon Musk's Mars colonization fantasies, no less.

If these two contractors are truly "commercial" entities, I am sure that they can easily make up the funding shortfall from sources of private capital.

[driftdiver]

Oh but SpaceX is beloved around here. Its different ya see when the govt gives money to him so he can blow up stuff doing what NASA did 50 years ago.