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> he’s driven a company that has made more space progress than most of humanity Benefiting from open-sourced research that was publicly funded (https://www.inv
by leto_ii 7y ago
> he’s driven a company that has made more space progress than most of humanity
Benefiting from open-sourced research that was publicly funded (https://www.inverse.com/article/15272-nasa-releases-rocket-and-aircraft-patents-for-spacex-and-blue-origin-to-sink-teeth-into https://www.inverse.com/article/15272-nasa-releases-rocket-a...) probably also helped a little :))
Also don't forget that the US federal government is an important SpaceX client.
- KiwiJohnno 7y agoI read the article, the patent release was 2016. Yes, its probably going to be helpful to Musk going forward but the company wasn't built on these patents by any stretch of the imagination. By 2016 SpaceX were already landing boosters. And yes, Nasa (and the DOD) are probably the most important customers of SpaceX... So? Its not like SpaceX are getting free money there. They are providing a service to the government, and getting paid for it - And providing that service at a lower cost than the government would bear if they did it themselves, and a lower cost than their competitors (I'm looking at Boeing - They are getting paid 60% more than SpaceX per seat for commercial crew flights to the ISS) Also look into the Raptor engine SpaceX have developed. Its a key plank for their future mars ambitions. Its the most advanced rocket engine ever developed and SpaceX funded its development themselves.