eicker@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day 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-square80fedilinkarrow-up1254arrow-down117
arrow-up1237arrow-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 · 1 day agomessage-square80fedilink
minus-squareUnpoppedCorn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 hours 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-up2·4 hours 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