And it’s not even close. They put up more mass to orbit than every other entity combined.

So you’re saying we don’t have enough details to argue that they can spend the money however they want, but you can argue that they can’t spend the money however they want?

It’s also frustrating that people keep saying SpaceX “relies on taxpayer money” as if we’re just giving them money for no reason. It’s all contracts! SpaceX only gets money for providing some kind of service. They’re not being bailed out or anything. The Musk hate is justified but so misdirected.

How are there so many people in this thread talking with such confidence and yet know absolutely nothing? SpaceX is the reason NASA doesn’t need to rely on Russia to get astronauts to and from the ISS, so that’s one huge benefit. And Starlink is in such a low orbit that their orbits are constantly decaying and will burn up in the atmosphere without any orbit corrections. So there will never be a chain reaction crash.

What do you mean little to show for it?

Where are they? I want to pull up with my homie and surprise him 🤫