3 ms·
The Lunar contract was never meant to pay the whole development. Starship is not a dedicated lunar architecture for NASA. NASA does not finance most of Starship
by panick21_ 3y ago
The Lunar contract was never meant to pay the whole development. Starship is not a dedicated lunar architecture for NASA. NASA does not finance most of Starship development, but rather a variant of the upper stage for lunar landing.
So yes, SpaceX will 'lose' money but they will have a very versatile rocket that can use for everything.