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Note, for all you "SpaceX and NASA are competitors" people, that the Red Dragon design study was something that NASA paid for.[1] SpaceX and NASA are are on the
by chrisMn 12y ago
Note, for all you "SpaceX and NASA are competitors" people, that the Red Dragon design study was something that NASA paid for.[1] SpaceX and NASA are are on the same side in reality. Only in magical internet flamewarland, carried out by people who don't do any of this for a living, are they in opposition.
[1]: http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20120013431.pdf http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/2012001...
- austinz 12y agoIt would make more sense to contrast SpaceX with ULA or any of the other rocketry startups. Whatever long-term plans SpaceX have aren't very relevant to the current supplier-contractor partnership that SpaceX and NASA share.
- seanflyon 12y agoYou point is correct, but SpaceX is competing directly with the SLS which according to Wikipedia is designed by NASA. I am under the impression that the ULA will produce the SLS, but after a quick search I can only find reference to ULA producing the upper stage (http://www.ulalaunch.com/united-launch-alliance-hosts-nasa.aspx http://www.ulalaunch.com/united-launch-alliance-hosts-nasa.a...). NASA as a whole is not competing with SpaceX, but some parts of it are, unless "designed by" really just means "funded by".