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Re:Starship Flight 5 [video] by mempko on Sunday October 13, 2024 @11:37AM (#41828906)
Exactly. Private companies like space X would not exist if NASA didn't deliberately make the market for Private space companies. That's what governments do, make markets.
Re:Starship Flight 5 [video] by cryptonector on Sunday October 13, 2024 @03:15PM (#41830702)
Elon founded SpaceX w/o an expectation of subsidies.
Re:Starship Flight 5 [video] by mmustapic on Monday October 14, 2024 @02:47AM (#41834871)
And yet, without the funding for CRS from NASA Spacex would’ve gone broke or at least wouldn have built F9 much much later.
Re:Starship Flight 5 [video] by mempko on Saturday October 19, 2024 @04:40PM (#41890622)
How do you know he didn't lobby for them?