eicker@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoSpaceX no longer needs NASA, and that’s a problem for America’s space agency: “NASA desperately needs SpaceX, and SpaceX knows it, and Elon knows it.”arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square85fedilinkarrow-up1265arrow-down117
arrow-up1248arrow-down1external-linkSpaceX no longer needs NASA, and that’s a problem for America’s space agency: “NASA desperately needs SpaceX, and SpaceX knows it, and Elon knows it.”arstechnica.comeicker@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square85fedilink
minus-squareUnpoppedCorn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoIn the long run that makes sense. In the short term, they’re linked. SpaceX doesn’t have contracts to fill every launch, so they fill in the extra space with Starlilnk launches. Starlink doesn’t exist without SpaceX.
minus-squarefruitycoder@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoStarlink needing a subsidy for launches is only because they are operating as a monopoly. Competitors get flights just fine without it
In the long run that makes sense. In the short term, they’re linked. SpaceX doesn’t have contracts to fill every launch, so they fill in the extra space with Starlilnk launches. Starlink doesn’t exist without SpaceX.
Starlink needing a subsidy for launches is only because they are operating as a monopoly. Competitors get flights just fine without it