Elon Musk's SpaceX contracted to destroy retired space station - BBC News
Elon Musk's SpaceX contracted to destroy retired space station - BBC News
The California-based company will build a "tugboat" to execute the end-of-life disposal of the ISS.
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Endless handouts for leeches. Denial of basic human needs for everybody else.
6 0 ReplyHow is this a handout? They bid for a contract and won it vs competitors.
I'm hoping we get a source selection statement soon where they spell out why companies like Northrop and Blue didn't win.
6 0 ReplySpaceX's track record for orbital insertion definitely had something to do with that. When last I knew, N-G didn't have its own launch facilities (that might've changed in the last few years but I doubt it).
3 0 ReplyI brought up Northrop because I'm guessing they bid a Cygnus derived deorbit vehicle.
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