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Re:Concern in Europe that the Ariane 6 and Vega-C rockets wi... by thinkcontext on Monday March 22, 2021 @04:43PM (#26546713)
Falcon 1 got funding from DARPA. Falcon 9 got funding from NASA as part of the effort to develop resupply for ISS. For both efforts there was significant private money put in as well. Musk has said they would have succeeded w/o government money but it would have taken longer, which is debatable.
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Re:Concern in Europe that the Ariane 6 and Vega-C rockets wi... by systemvoltage on Monday March 22, 2021 @05:42PM (#26547604)
Musk also put in his Paypal earnings into it.

Let's put it this way - if it wasn't for private entrepreneurship and Musk's vision, SpaceX wouldn't be here no matter what DARPA or NASA would have done.

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Re:Concern in Europe that the Ariane 6 and Vega-C rockets wi... by 6pac3rings on Tuesday March 23, 2021 @04:45AM (#26552554)
Elon's leadership drive and capital had the catalyzing effect. Without Elon, all the capital in the world would've gone into laggy bureaucratic procurement and project management pie in the sky bridges to nowhere. ARPA might've done what today's DARPA/NASA does not do.
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Re:Concern in Europe that the Ariane 6 and Vega-C rockets wi... by NikolaeVarius on Monday March 22, 2021 @08:24PM (#26549368)
Elon literally put in most of his wealth to build spacex and was on the verge of bankruptcy if he couldn't prove his launcher worked and get funding.
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Re:Concern in Europe that the Ariane 6 and Vega-C rockets wi... by thinkcontext on Monday March 22, 2021 @08:32PM (#26549424)
Nothing I said contradicts that.
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