Concordia Students Set to Launch Most Powerful Rocket Developed by Civilians

Re:Concordia Students Set to Launch Most Powerful Rocket Dev... by benj111 on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @04:41AM (#34608361)

So? If the military put Tabasco in their ration packs does that make Tabasco military rather than civilian? What about the chilli farmers?

And I wouldn't say they wouldn't get anywhere, yes they have military contracts, their bread and butter is more NASA though, and it's a stretch to not describe NASA as civilian so it's even more of a stretch to describe one of their private contractors as non civilian.

If you take the maximalist approach, nothing is civilian. Including this university supported rocket.

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Re:Concordia Students Set to Launch Most Powerful Rocket Dev... by p_l on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @05:47AM (#34608856)

DoD funding was "make it or not" point for SpaceX, to the point that they admit leaning a bit outside of safety regs just to ensure they didn't lost it.

Similarly, USAF was major investor in making Starlink happen.

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