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Space X money comes from government grants. Their initial investment was 0, compared to competitors.

• bryanlarsen 4y ago
  1. SpaceX has received billions in investments. Elon orignally put in about $100million, since then they've raised billions more. 2. They mostly don't get government grants, they get government contracts. Do you call it a grant when the Forest Service buys an F-150 from Ford?
  • reset2023 4y ago
    This is not true he only put $100K https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX?wprov=sfti1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX?wprov=sfti1
    • bryanlarsen 4y ago
      Read again. That was a donation to the Mars Society, a very different organization.
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• megaman821 4y ago
  Do you have any links to these government grants that Space X is getting? The government paying for a product that Space X produces is not a grant.
  • reset2023 4y ago
    https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/how-spacex-became-nasas-go-to-ride-orbit https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/how-space...
  • reset2023 4y ago
    history/second paragraph, whether you call it grant or any other way it's still just tax money https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX?wprov=sfti1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX?wprov=sfti1
    • megaman821 4y ago
      Yes, if you redefine the word grant to mean something else, Space X is only successful because of grant money. Words don't mean anything.