• Clent@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Really just sounds like they are deploying government equipment. There is no report of it being hardware built by spaceX. That is all speculation and clickbait m.

    The company makes money by delivering payloads to space. In the end they are a delivery company moving packages from point A to point B.

    That the US government would use this service seems obvious. SpaceX is well known for profiting off government funds.

    • tal@lemmy.today
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      8 months ago

      Naw, I remember reading about this earlier in several articles. This isn’t just a launch service contract.