where do you get your funding?
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Answering straight, I see two places: - From investment of the profits of delivering launch services - From investors who want to share in further developing SpaceX capability.
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fair enough
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Don't forget
@NASA. They benefit from a lot of the R and D so give some funding. Their mission tends to be to drive innovation at times too, so SpaceX is the epitome of that mission . -
OK, but again that is effectively payment for services on the SpaceX side of things. And NASA gets a relatively good deal out of using SpaceX both for launch delivery and indeed for innovation/data, like studying Falcon9's supersonic retropropulsion.
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I've heard it put that NASA should step out of the launch business and focus it's budget on exploration and innovation. Leave launch to the commercial sector. Not sure if I agree or not, but the kid in me that wants to see SLS launch at least once.
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SpaceX have changed the launch business landscape. Due credit to NASA for taking a chance on stimulating commercial delivery of ISS supplies back in 2006 and massive kudos to SpaceX for delivering in spades.
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Delivering and "retrieving" cargo
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Ummmm...take my money?
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Mr Musk,hear these people pleasee

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Did you make that?
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I didn’t see t on your Etsy site
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Thank you very much for your interest. I didnt start selling from etsy yet.
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PLEASE DO.
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That was shorter than the reported 12 seconds...
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They've already tested the cores individually, probably decided it wasn't worth the fuel cost to do a full length burn on a maiden flight
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Fuel costs are practically nothing. My point was that many people reported that the fire would be 12 seconds. Seemed shorter.
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Almost seems like this video cuts a few seconds off the test compared to other videos
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Yeah, the other full videos show a longer firing. I'd say they edited this one down.
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