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  • but did have pre-arranged commitments by NASA to purchase several operational flights once specific capabilities were demonstrated.”

    You understand that’s a form of extended credit, right?

    Which had the R&D cost built in.

    You mean the NASA that’s known for budget overruns?

    Yes, because with NASA, safety is first. Not so much with SpaceX, where they can grab a PS4 controller, and call it the “Flight control subsystem”.

    Do you think astrophysicists is the science of spaceflight? Well, it shows you have no idea what you’re talking about.

    Yes, the physics of how objects move in space, relational to other objects, is basically the cornerstone of space flight. Let me guess? You think to travel somewhere, you just point in the direction, and turn on “thrust to 100%” huh? And you believe that 60 seconds is 60 seconds to a remote observer regardless of location in a gravity well, and velocity?