Re:Starlink Direct to Cell
by inemesitaffia on Monday November 25, 2024 @01:49AM
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Barely nothing? Are you out of your mind?
pLEO, Starshield, SDA, NSSL, Commercial Crew, Commercial Cargo?????
Only HLS is in view. And it's less than 5 billion.
Everything listed above is delivered and has more expensive alternatives.
I don't know about everything else but 3bln out of that 15 were supposed to fund entire Moon mission and he burnt through that cash delivering a handful of suborbital empty metal pipes ... sorry, the last one was containing a banana to add insult to injury.
Re:Starlink Direct to Cell
by inemesitaffia on Tuesday November 26, 2024 @04:16AM
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That's ridiculous. There's no extra money coming. This is a firm fixed price contract. And the original plan was 2028 before Trump changed things.
Most of the 15billion is for already delivered deliverables. (You have absolutely nothing to stand on) Blue Origin is also going to the moon and received more money for a smaller lander.
Where's their rocket?
The Moon lander contract is less than what SpaceX will make from starlink alone in 2024.
I think it's important to recognize the irony in how much SpaceX and Tesla benefit from government programs and funds that he now wants to turn off as part of DOGE, but you can't say SpaceX has barely done anything.
Re:Starlink Direct to Cell
by inemesitaffia on Tuesday November 26, 2024 @04:17AM
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All he has to do is go to the Florida Space Coast. He'll feel what they do multiple times a week.
Don't forget over $15bln of tax money they got for doing barely anything so far.