Like just about everyone else here, I’m all for beating up the president, but I also believe in honesty. As far as I understand SpaceX is paid by the pound to deliver stuff to the space station. If they deliver less stuff on this mission - maybe because they’re getting paid more for that satellite - who knows, they will have to deliver more on later flights, or simply get hit in the wallet.
It sounds like a decent deal for taxpayers.
Quote from this article "Obama funder gets insider deal at NASA": "............Space X is one of three well-publicized Musk firms, the others being electric vehicle maker Tesla Motors and SolarCity Corp., a rooftop solar power panel manufacturer. Collectively, the three Musk firms have received more than $1.5 billion in government funding since President Obama took office in 2009.
Last year, Musk gave $5,000 to Obama for America and $35,800 to the Obama Victory Fund, but he has also contributed heavily to Democratic and Republican congressional incumbents and challengers......."
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Tesla [electric] Motors and Solar City have gone public, Space X is next. How nice that we have subsidized Mr. Musk's lifestyle and fortune. At the same time our carbon energy sources and autos are attacked and regulated to assist Mr. Musk's "companies." Our manned space program is being left to wither on the vine while Mr. Musk works to re-invent what we already had (but even he can't can't carry Americans to the International Space Station).