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Moats are for direct competition. China is not a competitor to spacex because the US government is spacex’s largest subsidy/customer. Put another way: nasa won’
by skatingaway 1y ago
Moats are for direct competition. China is not a competitor to spacex because the US government is spacex’s largest subsidy/customer. Put another way: nasa won’t be using Chinese rockets. Unless they bribe trump. Which could happen.
- marcus_holmes 1y agoNASA ended up using Russian rockets because the Space Shuttle program got politically awkward. There is definitely a world where they'd use Chinese rockets.
- JumpCrisscross 1y ago> China is not a competitor to spacex because the US government is spacex’s largest subsidy/customer SpaceX has loads of international launch and connectivity customers. China undercutting SpaceX would significantly compromise its prospects.