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Had they received the same grant money as Boeing ($4.2b vs $2.6b), it wouldn't have been such a close call. I'd also note that they were also late by 3 years o
by necovek 2y ago
Had they received the same grant money as Boeing ($4.2b vs $2.6b), it wouldn't have been such a close call.
I'd also note that they were also late by 3 years or so: this did not produce miracles, it was just much cheaper and better in the end than what Boeing is still trying to do.
- Manabu-eo 2y agoHe is talking about Falcon 1, not CCDev. There was no close call at CCDev, nor any grant money for Falcon 1.
- necovek 2y agoThanks for the correction/clarification. Still, I would be surprised if SpaceX did not greatly benefit from knowledge gained in Falcon 1 development when building their Falcon 9 rocket and then optimizing it for reusability — they started development of Falcon 9 while Falcon 1 was still operating.