eicker@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 days agoSpaceX no longer needs NASA, and that’s a problem for America’s space agency: “NASA desperately needs SpaceX, and SpaceX knows it, and Elon knows it.”arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square80linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkSpaceX no longer needs NASA, and that’s a problem for America’s space agency: “NASA desperately needs SpaceX, and SpaceX knows it, and Elon knows it.”arstechnica.comeicker@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 days agomessage-square80linkfedilink
minus-squarezoloftt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·16 days agoBefore SpaceX it was the ULA doing ALL launches. This is nothing new. Launch is expensive, and no one wants to pay the barrier to entry.
minus-squareholy_scroller@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·16 days agoExactly. NASA bankrolled SpaceX to break the ULA monopoly, and now they are also funding Blue Origin to break the SpaceX monopoly. Rinse and repeat forever.
Before SpaceX it was the ULA doing ALL launches. This is nothing new. Launch is expensive, and no one wants to pay the barrier to entry.
Exactly. NASA bankrolled SpaceX to break the ULA monopoly, and now they are also funding Blue Origin to break the SpaceX monopoly. Rinse and repeat forever.