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Re:Israel’s Beresheet Spacecraft Moon Landing Attempt Appear... by ncmncm on Thursday April 11, 2019 @04:57PM (#19639125)
Also a private, albeit subsidized, company.
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Re:Israel’s Beresheet Spacecraft Moon Landing Attempt Appear... by SEJeff on Friday April 12, 2019 @12:42AM (#19642037)
Subsidy "here is some money to exist"

Contract "here is some money to meet these contractual requirements".

I think you're confusing SpaceX with United Launch Alliance (ULA), who's Annual Capability Payment of $1 billion per year was given to them literally so they can keep the lights on. A lot of congressmen were seeing red when ULA decided to not even bother with a bid for the most recent GPS launches (which SpaceX cleaned house with overall) where SpaceX required zero subsidy and managed to do it cheaper in every way.

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Re:Israel’s Beresheet Spacecraft Moon Landing Attempt Appear... by mlindner on Thursday April 11, 2019 @08:58PM (#19640917)
SpaceX is not subsidized, unless you were referring to SpaceIL.
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Re:Israel’s Beresheet Spacecraft Moon Landing Attempt Appear... by JetSpiegel on Thursday April 11, 2019 @08:42PM (#19640821)
Private with the prime minister on the control room? Sounds about as private as Chinese corporations.
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