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I kinda assume that one of the things Elon is buying with his donations is huge SpaceX contracts.
by hiddencost 2y ago
I kinda assume that one of the things Elon is buying with his donations is huge SpaceX contracts.
- wmf 2y agoIronically, privatizing NASA through SpaceX would save tons of money.
- shiroiushi 2y agoProbably, but SpaceX makes rockets (launch vehicles), not moon rovers, probes, telescopes, etc., so this doesn't really help for stuff like this. NASA has always had stuff made mostly by contractors, but their job is to manage the funds and the overall mission. I have a hard time believing the Trump administration is going to want to throw a lot of money at a government agency just to do rover/probe missions, when the rhetoric from that side has always been how these agencies cost too much, government can't do anything right, etc. I'm sure Elon can make lots of money as the prime launch provider for missions the GOP would be happy to pay for: spy satellites and other things with military applications.