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Re:Boeing-SpaceX Team Split Space Taxi Award by wastedhours on Wednesday September 17, 2014 @08:29AM (#8329615)
"If SpaceX can deliver on their long-term plans"

Exactly. Minecraft is work $2.5bn now. SpaceX may well be worth a lot more in the future, but neither company is at the same stage of development in their respective fields.

Re:Boeing-SpaceX Team Split Space Taxi Award by mikeash on Wednesday September 17, 2014 @10:38AM (#8330183)
Excellent point. It's a high-stakes gamble. But the potential payoff is far beyond anything like Minecraft.