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404 points voxleone | 5 comments | 21 Oct 25 12:58 UTC | HN request time: 1.009s | source

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heisgone ◴[21 Oct 25 18:44 UTC] No.45659875[source]▶

I can imagine SpaceX choosing to self-finance a mission to the moon and beat NASA at it.

1. belter ◴[21 Oct 25 19:15 UTC] No.45660316[source]▶

Self-finance ? Is that what you call US government money?

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2. heisgone ◴[21 Oct 25 19:40 UTC] No.45660663[source]▶

Last years SpaceX revenue was 15 Billions, of which 1.1 came from NASA. Their revenues is higher than entire NASA budget.

3. belter ◴[21 Oct 25 20:12 UTC] No.45661056[source]▶

NASA Budget is 25 Billion

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4. askl ◴[21 Oct 25 21:58 UTC] No.45662261[source]▶

According to your link those numbers are for this year, not last one. Also they are predictions by Musk, not real numbers.

5. cubefox ◴[22 Oct 25 00:13 UTC] No.45663455{3}[source]▶

Trump wants to cut it by 25%.

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