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by mikeash
3067 days ago
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Government is a big reason SpaceX is where it is in the first place. They used government facilities on Kwajalein to launch their first five rockets, and have used government facilities in Florida and California to launch all the ones since. NASA’s CRS contract paid for a substantial part of the development of Falcon 9 and Dragon. If SpaceX had built their own launch facilities instead of using the government’s, they wouldn’t be beholden to the shutdown like this. |
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