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timacles • yesterday at 11:29 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

Like 50% of SpaceXs initial development came from tax payer money.


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kortilla • yesterday at 11:37 PM

The government was a customer. That’s very different from the government giving a research grant.

That’s like saying 25% of Exxon’s development came from tax payer money because the government uses a shitload of oil.