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by MichaelApproved 2002 days ago
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.