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I think Elon has more to lose than the folks holding the purse strings for NASA. Defense contracts might make some pause for a little while but congress has a
by tocs3 1y ago
I think Elon has more to lose than the folks holding the purse strings for NASA. Defense contracts might make some pause for a little while but congress has a long history of supporting more traditional defense contractors and they could spend some money on lobbying (or dinner at Mar a Lago).
- credit_guy 1y agoYeah... no. If the Golden Dome hopes to have a chance to get built (on budget), SpaceX needs to get involved.
- tocs3 1y agoSpaceX did OK with the Dragon capsule some years ago. I will happily give them credit budget wise and performance (and timing for something like that is hard). The Golden Dome project is a different animal all together. This is a cynical take, but Golden Dome is another giant DoD project. It will not keep to any sort of budget and the timeline is fantasy. Something might get produced but congress will have no trouble awarding launch contracts to who ever spends the most on lobbying.
- JumpCrisscross 1y ago> If the Golden Dome hopes to have a chance to get built (on budget) Why do you think anyone in D.C. cares about those endpoints?