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Re:SpaceX Revenue Doubled to $4.6B in 2022 Versus 2021 by pfdietz on Thursday August 17, 2023 @04:14PM (#37167309)
It's grossly more expensive the way they are doing it. They were originally going to use smaller commercial launchers until Senator Shelby and others held a political knife to their throats.

SLS has absolutely no redeeming features. You're sunk deep in Stockholm Syndrome if you're still defending it.

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Re:SpaceX Revenue Doubled to $4.6B in 2022 Versus 2021 by vyodaiken on Thursday August 17, 2023 @07:18PM (#37169583)
It's ironic that Musks two big successes were funded by the Obama administration against vehement Republican objections. Shelby repeatedly tried to kill Space-X and without the $400million DOE loan Tesla would never have been able to start production - and without the electric car tax credit - it never would have been able to sell.
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