BREAKING: Bezos to STEP DOWN as CEO of Amazon
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Didn’t NASA stop working with his space program? Also Elon said something about them trying to steal from his space program if I recall.
Looks like Jeff gets to stay on this rock while the poles shift
Tax payers buy some SpaceX launches but theyr mostly commercial
From what I understand, they are tax payer funded, but it's cheaper than having the bureaucracy of NASA.
Your understanding is invomplete. They are a completely private company. They get tax funded money for launches and won a tax funded contract to develop american manned spaced fight again, but they still get the bulk from private launches, japanese billionaire manned spaceflight projects, and so on.
The government uses SpaceX like Uber. Just because you ride ubed doesn't make you it's owner. The contracts were big funding but companies besides the government buy most launches.
starlink and its customers