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They're already selling Dragon flights to private citizens and organizations. They'll keep sending Isaacman up again if he'll pay for it. They might not do the
by ceejayoz 1y ago
They're already selling Dragon flights to private citizens and organizations. They'll keep sending Isaacman up again if he'll pay for it.
They might not do the extra stuff NASA wants anymore, but they're currently the only US option to get astronauts to space.
- ben_w 1y ago> They might not do the extra stuff NASA wants anymore, but they're currently the only US option to get astronauts to space. Yes, but does Trump care?
- TheAlchemist 1y agoSpaceX is dead without NASA and government contracts. Starlink is Tesla all over again - projections of profitability going exponential, only to be met with reality some years later.
- ceejayoz 1y agoSpaceX will get nationalized under the Defense Production Act long before it's allowed to die.
- TheAlchemist 1y agoYes 100% agree. Just wanted to point out that this is not a normal commercial relationship. NASA / DOD needs SpaceX (for now) and if Musk thinks he can just stop working with / for them and continue his rocket business as usual, he's getting really delusional.
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- VOIPThrowaway2 1y agoThey did it to Iridium when it went bankrupt. DOD basically got it running again with a bunch of money.