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They aren't, and I'm sick of being told they are (lemmy.world)
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[–] PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 18 points 11 months ago (1 children)

SpaceX does one thing though... Well, three things. Rocket development, launch services and starlink.

NASA does a whole lot more, they have 10 times as many employees and far more suppliers than SpaceX does. SpaceX is basically a service provider for NASA.

This is kind of like saying that Lockheed Martin is more efficient than the department of defense.

[–] grayman@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

SpaceX gets shit into space cheaper than NASA. Let's just compare the services that both provide and not move goal posts.

[–] PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, but NASA hasn't even had launch capabilities since what, 2006?

[–] grayman@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Ok... So what does NASA do that overlaps with SpaceX? Apparently nothing. NASA is 100% dependent on private rockets. Are we supposed to call that a win or a loss?