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For orbital supplying cargo to ISS is a purely business decision. Make money doing it. Nothing wrong with that approach. It is clearly one reason why they are u
by zhaphod 13y ago
For orbital supplying cargo to ISS is a purely business decision. Make money doing it. Nothing wrong with that approach. It is clearly one reason why they are using 30+ year old stock of Russian engines for Antares. There is no reason for them to innovate.
On the other hand, for SpaceX, these are just milestones on the highway to much greater things, like Mars. Cue they build almost everything that makes up Falcon and Dragon in house. I will cheer SpaceX over Orbital for this one reason alone.