[godzillabrennus]

It’s nice when you have the backing of a super power nation and their blank check to do it vs having shareholders.

[aik]

Amazing the effect competency has when trying to win a blank check away from others.

[deadbeeves]

Doesn't SpaceX receive plenty of money from the US?

[spurgu]

They get money for launching stuff into space, i.e. it's a business.

[ralfd]

It depends on the definition of plenty. At the peak in 1965 NASA/Apollo funding was 5% of government budget. That would be hundreds of billions today.