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I definitely think SpaceX would do Starship deep space missions even without the government at this point, but I don’t think it is temporary at all. SpaceX gets
by Robotbeat 5y ago
I definitely think SpaceX would do Starship deep space missions even without the government at this point, but I don’t think it is temporary at all. SpaceX gets a lot out of their relationship with NASA (massive expertise, testing capability, infrastructure, etc… SpaceX gave NASA some money for using some of their infrastructure for Inspiration 4), and NASA is a huge customer.
- panick21_ 5y agoI didn't say the relationship was temporary, or that is should be. I said any individual contract is temporary and extracting money is not the primary goal. The primary goal is advancing the overall mission. If government would stop handing out contracts, SpaceX would try to go on as best they can anyway. But of course as long as government is sharing in the goals SpaceX will use those.