Shotwell also allegedly got a $1B (in cash) retention bonus around the Max-9 debacle when both Boeing and Blue Origin wanted her. She's more well compensated t

Shotwell also allegedly got a $1B (in cash) retention bonus around the Max-9 debacle when both Boeing and Blue Origin wanted her. She's more well compensated than the joke millions per year you think she makes. Something she won't make at JPL. At ISRO, the pay is relatively good and engineers are also paid in perks and reputation (house staff, free housing, chauffeurs, utilities) but they are leaving. The problem is so serious the government has banned them from quitting. One of SpaceX cost advantages is from reusability, it took a while for SpaceX to convince (using lawsuits) NASA and the DoD to allow them carry serious payloads. Took even longer to convince them to use reused equipment. Now it's where everyone is going. Now in 2026, the naysayers are convinced that it was not only something NASA would have done, but they want to pretend they were believers back in the Obama one era (I wasn't). SpaceX spent more than double on reusability than on Falcon 9. Spent more on Starlink development than Falcon 9. But someone here wants me to believe that that would have been possible in government. When other countries and companies are doing what SpaceX is doing (usually starting after SpaceX has proven it works)