Re:Starship / Super Heavy
by mempko on Sunday December 27, 2020 @12:01AM
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Isn't the current government bureaucracy paying for starship development?
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Re:Starship / Super Heavy
by bodhiandphysics on Sunday December 27, 2020 @12:42AM
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Almost not at all... something like 50 million so far for a program whose costs are probably in the low billions. Mostly spacex is paying for it with its capital raises
Yeah, all I've heard is $53M for testing in-orbit refueling and $135M for developing the lunar lander version of Starship for the Artemis program.
SpaceX has received contracts worth over $10 billion from the DoD and NASA. Its estimated that they have over 60% of Government launch contracts.
That of course is biased towards the contracted projects, but still provides cashflow and leverage for capital.
Re:Starship / Super Heavy
by mobilefriendly on Sunday December 27, 2020 @12:13AM
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No, government funding to hit work milestones is totally different than government bureaucracy attempting to actually do the work.