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ericd01/17/20252 repliesview on HN

They're blowing up their own money, unless you still count it as being the taxpayer's after the government pays them for launch services.


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pclmulqdq01/17/2025

R&D for starship has a several-billion-dollar NASA grant. Something like 30-50% of the money being blown up on this program is taxpayer money.

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drillsteps501/17/2025

Starship program is funded in part by NASA as part of Artemis program. So some of this money is ours.

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