Here are the reasons SpaceX won nearly all recent military launch contracts
arstechnica.com
“I expect that the government will follow all the rules and be fair and follow all the laws.”…
  • jia_tanEnglish
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    6 days ago

    Don’t need to read it. It’s because SpaceX has the cheapest, most reliable and available rocket in the world isn’t it?

    • cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      8·
      6 days ago

      SpaceX also has the ability to launch from the west coast. ULA lost a couple of launches this year because their west coast pad is not ready yet.

      • jia_tanEnglish
        6·
        6 days ago

        Falcon 9 Block 5 exploded only like 1 time (if we don’t count the expendable launches)