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> The government buys from the lowest bidder To my knowledge, in the case of NASA’s launch contracts, only US companies are allowed to bid on these. It’s quite
by realityking 2y ago
> The government buys from the lowest bidder
To my knowledge, in the case of NASA’s launch contracts, only US companies are allowed to bid on these. It’s quite understandable that Europe would like to keep domestic capabilities the same way NASA aims to maintain the US’ domestic capabilities.
- TMWNN 2y ago>To my knowledge, in the case of NASA’s launch contracts, only US companies are allowed to bid on these. Not true. One example: <https://www.yahoo.com/news/ariane-5-rocket-delivers-satellites-022700144.html https://www.yahoo.com/news/ariane-5-rocket-delivers-satellit...>