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Re:The U.S. Air Force just admitted the F-35 stealth fighter... by jjk166 on Thursday February 25, 2021 @10:45AM (#26264010)
There's a wide gulf between "only a few people with the right skills and personal connections can bootstrap a space company" and "none of them could have been bootstrapped without years of unprofitable R&D on the public's dime"
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Re:The U.S. Air Force just admitted the F-35 stealth fighter... by p_l on Sunday February 28, 2021 @07:06PM (#26298332)
The missing bits is that they bootstrapped after a lot of heavy lifting was done on public dime, and then landed a crucial bunch of govt contracts way before first succesful draco launch, the same kind of contracts that the previous private contractors also take.
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