SpaceX is targeting Monday, April 17 for the first flight of Starship

Re:SpaceX is targeting Monday, April 17 for the first flight... by TMWNN on Friday April 14, 2023 @07:08PM (#35576015)

>Especially because the progress should be open for any tech funded by taxpayer dollars.

Where did this idea that SpaceX is heavily subsidized by the government come from?

No, the government being a customer != subsidies. (If anything, the government is paying less than market rate, thanks to SpaceX's reusability.)

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Re:SpaceX is targeting Monday, April 17 for the first flight... by flandish on Saturday April 15, 2023 @06:22AM (#35579248)

I never mentioned subsides or heavily but : Gov money is still our money. So I, personally, believe it should be spent on good things that profit us. Financially and socially. Space. Not war. Health not cops. Etc.

I worry some corps will allow for accepting funds and privatizing the profit. Then pivot into needing subsidies because they’re “too big to fail”

With the way musk runs things… That’s what I’m worried about.

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