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Not true.

SpaceX was almost completely privately invested and private risk. Once they had shown that they were serious, NASA awarded them contracts, because it was a great deal for NASA, compared to what they would pay otherwise.

Its sad to see these kind of attempts to trash talk the SpaceX achievements.

[MichaelApproved]

It’s so strange to read a comment like this one. They have the facts but completely miss how the facts connect with each other.

Yes, Space X is a private company but they wouldn’t exist without the innovations that came out of NASA, a publicly funded organization.

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And of course the market. The supply contract for the ISS gave SpaceX the necessary money to grow, without public money no ISS, and as a consequence, no supply contract.

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This isn't trash talking the SpaceX achievements but stating the fact that government money played a huge role in developing a space industry which was the base for SpaceX becoming reality.