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Re:Concordia Students Set to Launch Most Powerful Rocket Dev... by Karellen on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @07:54AM (#34609764)
Pretty sure the Falcon 1 was developed and built without any DoD R&D money, and flights 4 and 5 achieved orbit. Not sure why that wouldn't count as a civilian launch?
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Re:Concordia Students Set to Launch Most Powerful Rocket Dev... by p_l on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @08:18AM (#34609966)
First two launches of Falcon 1 were paid by military, third one was mix of military / NASA / private civilian funding.
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