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> [Elon Musk] already killed the Space Shuttle program and its standing army of $1B/yr payroll patronage jobs. What did Musk have to do with Space Shuttle prog
by ash 13y ago
> [Elon Musk] already killed the Space Shuttle program and its standing army of $1B/yr payroll patronage jobs.
What did Musk have to do with Space Shuttle program cancellation? I thought it collapsed under its own weight - disasters, costs, slowness etc. Please provide links if any.
- Daniel_Newby 13y agoSpaceX was running an entire rocket development program for the price of one Shuttle launch. When they kept hitting their performance/schedule targets, the Shuttle lost all credibility within NASA. It's hard to predict a past that did not happen, but the Shuttle would probably have been kept going for longer if there has been no alternative waiting in the wings.