• @nooneescapesthelaw@mander.xyz
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      54 days ago

      SpaceX can make the payloads, and they already do in the form of starlink.

      NASA carries out research/experiments something that spaceX probably doesn’t want to compete in since for the most part it does not pay

    • @Cocodapuf@lemmy.world
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      44 days ago

      Uh, basically no.

      NASA has experiments to run, spaceX has no idea what science NASA is interested in doing. So having SpaceX make the payload doesn’t really make a lot of sense.

      • @danc4498@lemmy.world
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        14 days ago

        So it sounds like they are codependent at this point. The bigger the nasa budget the better for space X.

        • @Cocodapuf@lemmy.world
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          33 days ago

          I mean, that’s always been the case. That’s literally spaceX’s primary job, putting things in space for NASA. It’s the same for every launch provider in the US.