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> SpaceX certainly will not. That's always been a stated goal of SpaceX to do exactly that. That's why they funded on their own dime the development of a massi
by mlindner 4y ago
> SpaceX certainly will not.
That's always been a stated goal of SpaceX to do exactly that. That's why they funded on their own dime the development of a massive reusable vehicle that has literally no reason to be that large unless your explicit plan is to design it for interplanetary cargo.
> Almost all of SpaceX's income, absent Starlink subscription fees, traces to tax dollars.
Not true. As stated explicitly by SpaceX in several years ago, the revenue split of SpaceX was 1/3 NASA, 1/3 other government and 1/3 commercial. But in recent years the commercial fraction has dramatically increased (simply as evidenced by the tremendous numbers of missions happening from non-government customers).
- moloch-hai 4y ago> That's always been a stated goal of SpaceX to do exactly that. Yes, but his lips were moving.