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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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