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That established trust has always been the Goliath that SpaceX challenged. Boeing was the only trusted company for the Commercial Crew contract, ULA was the onl
by dotancohen 1y ago
That established trust has always been the Goliath that SpaceX challenged. Boeing was the only trusted company for the Commercial Crew contract, ULA was the only trusted company for payload delivery, etc.
- Swenrekcah 1y agoI think this is a different type of trust. SpaceX had to prove their competence to be trusted for US government contracts (and other customers). They did that and I would trust their technical competence. However, after the events of the past few years, especially last 12 months, they have lost a more important kind of trust.
- zyx321 1y agoEvents include: Early in the war, Starlink used their killswitch to prevent Ukraine from utilizing their service for military purposes. The sitting US president has threatened war against Greenland. He has not backed down or apologized, merely moved on hoping we would forget. You'd have to be crazy to pick Starlink under these circumstances.