• PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee
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    11 months ago

    SpaceX does one thing though… Well, three things. Rocket development, launch services and starlink.

    NASA does a whole lot more, they have 10 times as many employees and far more suppliers than SpaceX does. SpaceX is basically a service provider for NASA.

    This is kind of like saying that Lockheed Martin is more efficient than the department of defense.

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      11 months ago

      SpaceX gets shit into space cheaper than NASA. Let’s just compare the services that both provide and not move goal posts.

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          11 months ago

          Ok… So what does NASA do that overlaps with SpaceX? Apparently nothing. NASA is 100% dependent on private rockets. Are we supposed to call that a win or a loss?