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Assuming they contract out to both those venders. Having a single vendor win the contracts lead to this mess to begin with

• skissane 2y ago
  I think Jared Isaacman's closeness to Musk gives him added motivation to award contracts to non-SpaceX vendors (once he's confirmed), because he'll seek to disprove claims he's biased in favor of SpaceX
  • Arainach 2y ago
    ....because there's tons of precedent for the Trump Administration, GOP courts, or voters to punish in any way raw corruption or profiteering?
  • sho_hn 2y ago
    I see no evidence that "keeping up appearances" toward critics has been a priority for anyone else in the last two weeks.
  • LorenDB 2y ago
    You're getting downvotes, but I agree that Isaacman isn't likely to favor SpaceX. The space community in general is very supportive of him, and he's shown a great interest in spaceflight regardless of who's launching the rockets. Also keep in mind that his previous missions realistically were only possible via SpaceX whether he liked them or not. Starliner was not (and is still not) ready, Orion isn't ready and is for NASA only anyway, and Russia/China aren't going to work well for geopolitical reasons. SpaceX is the only company left who has the capability to lob you into orbit.