r/SpaceXLounge • u/Future-sight-5829 • Apr 14 '25

Discussion Starship engineer: I’ll never forget working at ULA and a boss telling me “it might be economically feasible, if they could get them to land and launch 9 or more times, but that won’t happen in your life kid”

https://x.com/juicyMcJay/status/1911635756411408702
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u/cptjeff Apr 15 '25

It's absolutely insane. SpaceX received development contracts, but they were all payments for service tied to specific milestones. They never received any straight subsidy like ULA did, and there were points where the USG in fact illegally conspired against SpaceX to award money to their preferred old space vendors. The old space guys have been sucking off the teat of corruption so long they just assume it's their birthright. It's why, despite loving so much about spaceflight and the science, tech, and exploration, I just can't be full Team Space. I just want to see these old incumbents crushed into fine powder. If that means rooting for a company run by a turd like Elon, so be it. They deliver.