Classified spy satellite is reportedly destroyed as it failed to separate during stage 2 of the most recent Falcon 9 launch. Could be worth billion$. Wonder if this impacts SpaceX at all, not just from a liability standpoint but confidence in defense contracts going forward.
U.S. Spy Satellite Believed Lost After SpaceX Mission Fails - ( New Window )
Read this article, so either spacex is lying, or the issue was with with Northrop's payload adaptor.
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Read this article, so either spacex is lying, or the issue was with with Northrop's payload adaptor. Link - ( New Window )
I’m rooting for Musk. I don’t give a damn about colonizing Mars, but I think he’s got some really good ideas in the battery/solar arena.
Space Track reports a new object in orbit, but NORAD says there are no new objects to track.
An interesting situation, to say the least.
what an odd thing to say
-- literally every space company in US gets taxpayer money via government contracts and funding ..
since the primary customer is US government and US military
is there some rule that certain companies should not be allowed to get taxpayer money ? and can you give me an example of a company that doesn't get taxpayer money in one form or another ?
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. I do not care what he does as long as it does not have US taxpayer dollars attached to it
what an odd thing to say
-- literally every space company in US gets taxpayer money via government contracts and funding ..
since the primary customer is US government and US military
is there some rule that certain companies should not be allowed to get taxpayer money ? and can you give me an example of a company that doesn't get taxpayer money in one form or another ?
not odd, he is fuck using corporate welfare. And he is not the only one.
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. I do not care what he does as long as it does not have US taxpayer dollars attached to it
what an odd thing to say
-- literally every space company in US gets taxpayer money via government contracts and funding ..
since the primary customer is US government and US military
is there some rule that certain companies should not be allowed to get taxpayer money ? and can you give me an example of a company that doesn't get taxpayer money in one form or another ?
not odd, he is fuck using corporate welfare. And he is not the only one.
Bullshit.
SpaceX is providing launch services at a fraction of the rate of other launch providers. They have a very successful commercial launch manifest. They are providing cargo and crew deliveries to the ISS at a significant discount compared to other providers.
SpaceX is saving the taxpayers money, not the other way around.
To summarize:
- A $1 trillion tax cut given to wealthy companies already drowning is cash reserves = stable geniousity
- Affordable Care Act = socialism
- A multi billion dollar wall along our southern border = sound immigration policy
- Public broadcasting = Fake news. Even Sesame Street.
- Delta II (effectively retired), Delta IV (impending retirement), and heinously expensive.
- Atlas V... which requires Russian engines.
- Antares... limited capability, and requires Russian engines.
- SLS... which has limited purpose, and has cost over $18 billion so far without a single launch.
- SpaceX, which was developed primarily with private funds, and whose costs for equivalent service are significantly lower than the competition.
I don't see the corporate welfare here. NASA has said that SpaceX developed the Falcon 9 at less than 20% of what NASA could have developed the rocket for using traditional contracts.
And it's not just NASA that will save money. The USAF will be launching the next gen GPS III satellites on the Falcon in the coming years.
Tesla on the other hand is probably one of the worst examples of corporate welfare, especially since they primarily make subsidized luxury cars for the rich (Model S and X). Even the few Model 3s built to-date are primarily for the wealthy or at least upper middle class costing in the high-30s even after the $7500 credit and being more of a "2nd car" for families due to the limited range.
To summarize:
- A $1 trillion tax cut given to wealthy companies already drowning is cash reserves = stable geniousity
- Affordable Care Act = socialism
- A multi billion dollar wall along our southern border = sound immigration policy
- Public broadcasting = Fake news. Even Sesame Street.
What part of no political postings do you not understand? Rules don't apply to your agenda?
the fact that SpaceX haven't delayed their current launch schedule suggests that they are confident nothing happened on their end
but this quote
SpaceX claims malfunctioning rocket worked just as it was supposed to - ( New Window )
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Particularly when it's given away for free. But when this "corporate welfare" comes in the form of a government contract for services rendered to a guy who's politics he doesn't care for - mdc1 will never stand for that commie shit.
To summarize:
- A $1 trillion tax cut given to wealthy companies already drowning is cash reserves = stable geniousity
- Affordable Care Act = socialism
- A multi billion dollar wall along our southern border = sound immigration policy
- Public broadcasting = Fake news. Even Sesame Street.
What part of no political postings do you not understand? Rules don't apply to your agenda?
I'm responding to a guy who pollutes abd politicizes every thread he participates in, and yet remains unscathed during the crackdowndown by the powers that be.