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by thow-01187 1728 days ago
> SpaceX has proven how ripe for disruption NASA

The story there might be murky, too. NASA bankrolls a lot of SpaceX R&D. US military then approaches SpaceX for extremely generous launch contracts, despite the fact NASA already paid for the R&D. There are some allegations that this double-dipping is used by SpaceX to commit price dumping on commercial launches

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And who paid for those two?

[ΓΈ] https://www.americaspace.com/2012/06/06/top-secret-kh-11-spy...

Peanuts!

Makes one wonder what are they 'flying' now, how many of them to spare, doesn't it?