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To: Rabin

But I think SpaceX was just awarded an $83m contract to launch a GPS satellite for the U.S. Air Force, right? Perhaps SpaceX can do it cheaper than ULA since SpaceX has reusable launch vehicle capability now??


11 posted on 04/29/2016 10:30:58 PM PDT by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America
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To: Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America

“But I think SpaceX was just awarded an $83m contract to launch a GPS satellite for the U.S. Air Force, right? Perhaps SpaceX can do it cheaper than ULA since SpaceX has reusable launch vehicle capability now??”

The government said the SpaceX launch would be about 40% cheaper than a ULA launch. :-)


17 posted on 04/30/2016 12:08:04 PM PDT by PreciousLiberty (Cruz or Trump '16! JUST NOT A DEM!!!)
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