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    Elon Musk’s SpaceX Set to Win $2 Billion Pentagon Satellite Deal

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    1. CackleRooster on

      Is anyone else a little concerned that, for all practical purpose,s the US space program now relies entirely on a single, privately owned company?

    2. mxbmx930 on

      i’m all for innovation but like $2 billion seems excessive when there are probably schools without enough textbooks… classic government spending priorities lol.

    3. platypusbelly on

      “Man who spent hundreds of millions of dollars on making sure he could get into the government’s back systems with unfettered access set to win bid for billions of dollars of government contracts”.

      How surprising…

    5. Decronym on

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      |Fewer Letters|More Letters|
      |——-|———|—|
      |[BO](/r/Space/comments/1okzuuj/stub/nmesqdg “Last usage”)|Blue Origin (*Bezos Rocketry*)|
      |CST|(Boeing) Crew Space Transportation capsules|
      | |Central Standard Time (UTC-6)|
      |[DoD](/r/Space/comments/1okzuuj/stub/nmev62q “Last usage”)|US Department of Defense|
      |EELV|[Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolved_Expendable_Launch_Vehicle)|
      |[GTO](/r/Space/comments/1okzuuj/stub/nmesopb “Last usage”)|[Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit](http://www.planetary.org/blogs/jason-davis/20140116-how-to-get-a-satellite-to-gto.html)|
      |[HLS](/r/Space/comments/1okzuuj/stub/nmez3ce “Last usage”)|[Human Landing System](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_program#Human_Landing_System) (Artemis)|
      |[JPL](/r/Space/comments/1okzuuj/stub/nmegmx3 “Last usage”)|Jet Propulsion Lab, California|
      |[LEO](/r/Space/comments/1okzuuj/stub/nmevw83 “Last usage”)|Low Earth Orbit (180-2000km)|
      | |Law Enforcement Officer (most often mentioned during transport operations)|
      |[NSSL](/r/Space/comments/1okzuuj/stub/nmenzhi “Last usage”)|National Security Space Launch, formerly EELV|
      |[SLS](/r/Space/comments/1okzuuj/stub/nmevw83 “Last usage”)|Space Launch System heavy-lift|
      |[ULA](/r/Space/comments/1okzuuj/stub/nmevp5v “Last usage”)|United Launch Alliance (Lockheed/Boeing joint venture)|

      |Jargon|Definition|
      |——-|———|—|
      |[Starliner](/r/Space/comments/1okzuuj/stub/nmesrc4 “Last usage”)|Boeing commercial crew capsule [CST-100](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_CST-100_Starliner)|

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    7. ProgrammerNextDoor on

      How is this not political if articles about Nasas budget cuts are?

      Y’all are really playing a weird game here.

    8. greenw40 on

      “The US government should stop using the most advanced rockets in the world and go back to relying on Russia, because I don’t like Elon or corporations or capitalism.”

      -this sub

    9. jinkinater on

      While getting the data those satellites themselves. Only a national organization owned by the government should like maybe NASA?

    11. fidalco on

      🤔, just a take over funding call it bad, fire a bunch of workers, get in fued with Trump, leave and reap the rewards from the funding you “saved” the government…