https://youtube.com/watch?v=wb3qcR2tUQs
!spacechads the US will now have 2 operational capsules to access Low Earth Orbit. Launching atop an Atlas V, this is the third flight of Boeing Starliner and the first with a crew of astronauts.
Mission Commander: Barry E. Wilmore
Pilot: Sunita Williams
Streaming begins at 6:30 p.m EST, launch is scheduled at 10:34 p.m. EST
Edit: launch scrubbed 
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More options in lift vehicles and capsules is a positive. I'm curious to read into what new capabilities and mission capacity pairing the CST-100 with the future Vulcan will deliver.
Not a fan of the new suits. They look cheap and uninteresting. Aesthetics matter with all things especially space flight
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So, ULA has 6 (not including this one) of the remaining Atlas V reserved for Starliner to complete their 6 Commercial Crew Program missions, but there hasn't been a lot of talk about man-rating Vulcan so far, it is also unclear whether Boeing will continue to operate Starliner after the ISS retires, however Blue Origin is partnering with Boeing in their Orbital Reef project, the renders showed Starliner being used as the primary spacecraft along Cargo Dream Chasers (which will also get a crew version in the future).
The main reason Starliner flights are so expensive have to do with Atlas V launch costs, so maybe launching atop a New Glenn could bring down the prices? Rumor has it Blue Origin is also developing their own crewed capsule now.
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Interesting, I assumed the intention was to man rate Vulcan especially because the Atlas V is being retired. I haven't followed space news in a while now; how's the BE-4 coming along from what you've gathered?
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That's still the idea, but because Starliner is the only capsule that would make use of Vulcan (crewed Dream chaser will probably use New Glenn), whether they'll man-rate the rocket or not depends on Boeing flying Starliner in the 2030s. Last week they said they had no short term plans of using Starliner for private flights like Dragon does (Inspiration4, Polaris and Axiom missions). I think Vulcan will be man-rated eventually as Nasa will likely use Starliner for their commercial destinations post-ISS.
The first Vulcan flew successfully, so there's that, I remember a Blue origin announcement last year saying they were preparing to build hundreds of them and this summer are the wet-dress rehearsals for New Glenn (which they intend to launch later this year)
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Thanks for the updates
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Yeah, if we're left with just SpaceX they can gouge us the same way ULA used to when they had a monopoly.
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