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I wonder why this article didn't point out that SpaceX has received somewhere in the realm of 20 billion in federal dollars from government contracts over the p
by fzeroracer 2y ago
I wonder why this article didn't point out that SpaceX has received somewhere in the realm of 20 billion in federal dollars from government contracts over the past decade.
Shame no one is going to consider cutting those wasteful contracts.
- ctrlp 2y agoJust goes to show you can actually get into space for that kind of money in the private sector.
- matwood 2y agoMaybe? SpaceX has done some amazing things, but they've also been given more freedom than anyone as NASA has. Does NASA routinely break FAA flight rules or environmental laws? Can NASA talk about rocket explosions as a success?
- aerostable_slug 2y agoLiving close to Vandenberg, I can assure you that the taxpayer actually gets something for that money. I see and hear the product of the dollars spent lifting cargo into orbit quite regularly. OTOH, I have never seen a tiny bit of tangible benefit from consultancies getting paychecks from NASA to make presentations about equity and environmental justice, which was a big push from our national space agency until very recently.