Compared to the crony capitalism of Boeing and Lockheed Martin, which have sucked almost $50 billion from the taxpayers for SLS/Orion while producing no flights, Elon Musk is a piker.
I'm sick and tired of folks trashing Musk for gov subsidies. He is actually delivering launch platforms for a fraction of the price of gov subsidized ULA prices.
Who is really quietly panicking? China and Russia (and the EU). They are highly conflicted. "Space" is something statists and communists can never let go of. Yet they know they will, yet again, find themselves facing an industry where Americans are setting the standards.
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I’m sick and tired of folks trashing Musk for gov subsidies. He is actually delivering launch platforms for a fraction of the price of gov subsidized ULA prices.
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And that makes illegal\unauthorized\unconst. spending of taxpayer $$$ legit, how??