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Elon Muskยท2025-08-21 06:55
Total revenue that SpaceX will receive from NASA this year is ~$1B out of ~$15B total, so ~7%.Moreover, NASA is paying SpaceX for astronaut & cargo transport to the Space Station, launching research satellites and some work for returning to the Moon.All of these contracts were won in competitive bids, so the government would either be paying a lot more or, in some cases such as astronaut transport, have no other means of safely getting the job done.There are zero handouts. Zero. ...