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by Octoth0rpe 942 days ago
> Note that NASA also doesn't have one: It only has SpaceX'.

Another way of saying this is that SpaceX is a contractor; which means that both NASA and the ESA 'own' the same # of reusable rockets (zero), and have the ability to purchase the same number of reusable rockets from the industry (one, from spaceX).