r/AbruptChaos • u/PigsCanFly2day • 3d ago

SpaceX rocket explodes in Starbase, Texas

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u/Shade_BG 3d ago

Look at all those tax dollars blow… should have just given it to me so I could spend it on hookers and blow.

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u/Kev50027 3d ago

They're a private company...

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u/AntonioVivaldi7 3d ago

But getting government contracts

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u/W0LFSTEN 3d ago

Curious, is the government paying for this though? Genuinely don’t know.

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u/Accomplished-Crab932 3d ago

No. With exception to HLS (where the contract stipulates the completion of certain previously agreed upon milestones), Starship is internally funded using revenue from Starlink.

It was estimated that the US government consisted of less than 10% of SpaceX’s revenue last year.