[BurgessKoch]

The money quote: “Time will tell, but in the interim, the government should put its cozy relationship with Musk on a long, if not permanent, hiatus.”

[DesertRhino]

Sounds like United launch alliance wants space x gone

[Redleg Duke]

This place sounds like a “Give us the money and tell us what findings you want.”

The comments about SpaceX are pure fabrications and otherwise bullshit.

[jarwulf]

I will give Musk credit for one thing, he’s not an open zealot SJW like all the other tech CEOs. Oh and some of that SpaceX stuff is cool.

[Openurmind]

Tax payers should not be funding anything like this. Let MS and Google invest in it if they believe in it. It’s gambling with other peoples money.

[Doogle]

SpaceX has also received over $5 billion ......

...hmmmm isn’t that what DJT
wants for the wall?

[captmar-vell]

I’ll give Elon Musk credit for being real,

We should be far more worried about Zuckerberg, Dorsey, Page, Pichai and Bezos,

[HighSierra5]

The shot heard round the world.

[Mr. K]

Musk is actually making PROGRESS in a number of fields.

SO LET’S STOMP ON HIM!

(no I do not like government control of anything- but he is doing a much better job than NASA)

[ckilmer]

The money quote: “Time will tell, but in the interim, the government should put its cozy relationship with Musk on a long, if not permanent, hiatus.
........
disagree. profoundly.

Musk is one of the jewels in America’s technological crown today.

He should be given all the support the government has available.

[dangus]

SpaceX has “under-delivered?” It’s by far, far, far and away the most economical system, and its success rate (measured by delivering the payload at full use and value) is 2nd only to the Atlas V.

Launches since failure:
SpaceX’s Falcon: 38 <-— 2nd place
Arianne 5: 6
Antares: 4
Atlas V: 69 <-— The grand champion.
Delta IV: 33
Electron: 2
Epsilon: 3 (no launch failures)
GSLV: 7
H-IIA: 32 (9, if you count the loss of a telescope despite a clean-looking launch)
Kaizhou: 4 (unknown if there were any failed launches)
Land Space: 0
Long March 2C/3A: 24
Long March 3B: 13
Long March 2D: 10
Long March 4: 5
Long March 5: 0
Long March 6: 2
Long March 7: 2 (only 2 flights)
Minotaur C: 1 (after 3 of 4 failed)
Minotaur IV: 6 (0 catastrophes, but 3 of 6 payloads failed, so I don’t know if the rocket is to blame.)
Long March 11: 4 (unknown if there were any failed launches, but notice the jump in numbering.)
Proton: 13
PSLV: 4
Rokot: 12
Soyouz FG: 2
Soyouz 2: 10
SS-520: 1

[Tell It Right]

I hate gubment money going to Tesla to subsidize coal powered cars while I drive a truck powered by recycled dinosaurs. But I like SpaceX as a competitor for NASA bids.

[Ozark Tom]

Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning founded Tesla. Elon Musk was one of three other persons which later invested personal fortune in the company’s first investment round. Musk eventually was called upon to turn the operation around as CEO, after Eberhard was booted for poor performance.