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onethatcares

(16,972 posts) Sat May 19, 2012, 10:26 AM May 2012

space x funding [View all]

why are we taxpayers paying 400=600 million in order to allow the privatization of the space industry and why doesn't spacex have to pay to use the Cape Canaveral launch sites?

As a government agency, NASA has already developed orbital and re entry vehicles to service and supply the ISS and here we are paying for a private companys screw ups.

Is there an upside to this?

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space x funding [View all] onethatcares May 2012 OP

Because the private sector won't cost taxpayer money. MannyGoldstein May 2012 #1

So when SpaceX goes IPO, the 1% can cash in. Starry Messenger May 2012 #2

Not paying to use Cape Canaveral is part of the efficiency that privatization brings. Brickbat May 2012 #3

None of those pesky unions either. Starry Messenger May 2012 #4

so it's a win/win for all of us, onethatcares May 2012 #5

Cheaper access to space, reinvigorated competition to get into space. backscatter712 May 2012 #6

but they have done little except onethatcares May 2012 #7

They've already launched the Falcon 9 twice, the Dragon once. backscatter712 May 2012 #8

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