Out of curiosity, I read the COTS Space Act Agreement. It's a crazy good deal for SpaceX. They got their first $200 million just for doing presentations to the

Out of curiosity, I read the COTS Space Act Agreement. It's a crazy good deal for SpaceX. They got their first $200 million just for doing presentations to the government and writing down requirements. This effectively front-loads funding because doing the qualifying milestones 1-12 are cheap (PowerPoint), yet $200M is certainly enough to actually build and launch an entire rocket. See APPENDIX 2, milestones 1-12: https://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/pdf/189228main_setc_nnj06ta26a.pdf https://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/pdf/189228main_setc_nnj...