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> SpaceX basically has just one customer which it is entirely reliant upon. As far as I can tell NASA accounts for less than half of SpaceX's business. Accord
by seanflyon 12y ago
> SpaceX basically has just one customer which it is entirely reliant upon.
As far as I can tell NASA accounts for less than half of SpaceX's business. According to their website they have nearly $5 billion in contracts and I can only find reference to just over $2 billion in NASA contracts.
- dragonwriter 12y ago> As far as I can tell NASA accounts for less than half of SpaceX's business. NASA ⊂ "The Government" SpaceX also has Defense (USAF) contracts. At least around $900 million already awarded (and that may not be all), and they recently sued to be allowed to compete for much more under the EELV program.
- seanflyon 12y agoGood point, I hadn't realized the USAF contract was awarded to them yet. That puts government funding at significantly more than half of SpaceX's existing contracts. I still wouldn't say they basically have only one customer, but it's closer than I thought.