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Yes "In 2024, SpaceX received at least $3.8 billion in U.S. government contracts, marking a record high for the company, with a majority of the funding going to NASA and the Defense Department. "

No. This mission is privately funded This contracts are for specific services. $1.2 billion is for NASA missions to ISS and back as well as the U.S. deorbit vehicle and small launches. $2.6 billion is for DoD missions such as Starshield and NSSL Phase 3

Those are separate to this mission

Stop simping for Elon, he wouldn't exist without tax dollars. "Elon Musk's companies, particularly Tesla and SpaceX, have received significant government funding through contracts, loans, and other forms of support, totaling at least $38 billion."

Contracts. Contracts are an exchange for services chief This is like saying your taxi driver wouldn’t exist without your money. Like yeah because you are PAYING FOR THEIR SERVICES

In 2015, Musk's growing Tesla empire separately benefited from about $4.9 billion in government subsidies. Estimated using a compilation of grants, tax breaks, factory construction, discounted loans and environmental credits the company can't sell, as well as Tesla buyer tax credits and rebates.

the $4.9 billion figure appears to includes money Tesla Motors received from the ZEV program.

Although the author mentioned that the money is coming from other automakers and not tax payers, he failed to explain that the government is not actually forcing automakers to finance Tesla through the program

This $465 million loan from the Department of Energy was paid back in advance with interest in 2013. The money was awarded based on milestones and required matching private capital.

Sure but we all know SpaceX wouldn't exist without tax dollars.

And NASA wouldn’t have the capability to operate the ISS as they do without the contracts those tax dollars went to. Or they’d be paying 4-10x as much

I also understand that SpaceX is cheaper but NASA could have been as well if it hadn't been gutted and it's contracts turned over to SpaceX years ago

You do realise that SpaceX was only funded BECAUSE the NASA program wasn’t cheaper

It also wasn’t gutted. The constellation program literally existed to keep shuttle lines open and prevent talent from moving to the private sector It failed. Failed so hard the Obama administration themselves cancelled it

NASA currently has its own, separately funded, program called SLS. SLS costs over $3 billion per flight and has a cadence of once ever 2 years Orion, the crew capsule for SLS, costs $1bn per vehicle too For reference Crew Dragon is 1/3rd that

Come on man, don't be simping for apartheid Clyde. It is well documented that space x was built off fat govt contracts paid with tax dollars to a private Corp unlike NASA. Tesla couldn't have survived without ev subsidies to purchase cars, it's all well documented.

You are the only one who keeps bringing him up chief. Aldo you do realise those “fat gov contracts” were half their competitors and 1/4th historic contracts and GIVEN BY NASA FOR SERVICES? XD Maybe if you stopped fantasising about musk you could come back to reality and stop misrepresenting

Bwahahahahaha. Maybe if you got off his dick you'd realize that neoliberalism is dystopian as fuck and your embracing it, even arguing for it. Your grandchildren will remember you for strapping the corporate yoke around their necks.

You are literally the only one who is bringing him up here. SpaceX is a company of 14,000 incredible people. Act like it is instead of constantly daydreaming about one fucking guy

ISS existed long before spacex

Yes. And they used Shuttle (which was $1 billion a launch) and the Russians to access it Now they use Dragon. Which is cheaper, more capable and more reliable than Soyuz and Shuttle and has more on orbit time than Shuttle

You say that without the trust and investment (for a return mind you) of NASA that SpaceX wouldn’t exist. Well without SpaceX crew launch capability from the US and downmass for research from station wouldn’t exist