[throwawaylinux]

Great, they're destroying the pork barrel industry's monopoly in space and providing a service at competitive prices that's exactly what we want.

From my comment, you didn't suppose I believed government space capabilities and projects should be entirely shut down, or that they should be left to old space companies to continue extorting taxpayers, did you?

Providing a service to the government is not a problem. This is not some kind of libertarian purity test I'm concerned about. It is about ripping off tax payers with lobbyists and the military industrial political revolving doors.

[wolverine876]

Why is SpaceX any different than the other companies, and why will they be any different?

[pixl97]

Because they are the first company to significantly decrease launch costs in decades. In addition, they are the first company working on massively increasing payload sizes in decades.

I mean it really is a pretty bad question because you've not taken even 60 seconds to learn the first thing about SpaceX

[throwawaylinux]

Have you done any research of your own on this? I'm trying to get an idea of where to start. If yes, then in what way do you believe they are similar contrary to what my comment said or implied?