[mempko]

Exactly. Private companies like space X would not exist if NASA didn't deliberately make the market for Private space companies. That's what governments do, make markets.

[cryptonector]

Elon founded SpaceX w/o an expectation of subsidies.

[mempko]

How do you know he didn't lobby for them?

[mmustapic]

And yet, without the funding for CRS from NASA Spacex would’ve gone broke or at least wouldn have built F9 much much later.