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bryanlarsen 8 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Starship Flight 5: Launch and booster catch [video...

> but this project is funded by NASA

About 10% funded by NASA. Starship is a >$10B program; SpaceX is getting $3B for Artemis of which >2/3 is for operational tasks and moon-specific stuff that SpaceX aren't relevant for SpaceX's goals of LEO and Mars.

cryptonector 8 months ago [–]

The Artemis money could evaporate and Starship would still make commercial sense and likely be a successful product.

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