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Re:NASA chief suggests SpaceX may be booted from moon mission by tw04 on Tuesday October 21, 2025 @07:35PM (#45663140)
>Personally, I think it matters whether its achieved by a private company versus by society.

How exactly are you making the distinction? Space-X wouldn't exist without governemnt funding. CATL sells launches to commercial entities as well as servicing the government.

Official ownership? Because China seems to think a lot of what Space-X is doing can only be accomplished by the commercial sector and is funding startups in China to do the same thing.

https://spacenews.com/chinas-landspace-secures-state-backed-...

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Re:NASA chief suggests SpaceX may be booted from moon mission by tclancy on Tuesday October 21, 2025 @10:24PM (#45664252)
Who any profits go to would be an easy first measure.
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Re:NASA chief suggests SpaceX may be booted from moon mission by vkou on Tuesday October 21, 2025 @10:57PM (#45664456)
> China seems to think a lot of what Space-X is doing can only be accomplished by the commercial sector and is funding startups in China to do the same thing.

That's how China's been running their economy for decades. Every few years, the government sets a direction everyone should row in, and generally lets private firms figure out which one of them will get there fastest.

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