Designing & Building Custom Homes.
Otherwise, I'm on the Golf Course.
I always regret replying on Twitter.
People who annoy me get blocked, with prejudice.
Can we debunk this nonsense?
Elon Musk was awarded (note: not given) cost-per-result contracts to perform a service for the US government. The total of those for SpaceX specifically is ~$22B, which includes repaid loans, state tax incentives, etc.
The deal was simple: put stuff into LEO at or below a set cost. If SpaceX does it below the set cost, SpaceX keeps the difference. If it doesn’t, the company is responsible for the overrun.
End result? SpaceX & Elon lowered the cost of getting 1 kg into LEO by 95-97% vs what NASA was paying previously.
And for the record, every other company around at the time was offered the same opportunity to bid on the contract - Musk/SpaceX just took it.
The handout narrative implies the taxpayer is the patron and SpaceX the dependent. The cost data shows the opposite: before SpaceX, NASA paid Russia’s Soyuz $80-86M per seat; SpaceX delivered at ~$55 million. SpaceX saved the US taxpayer $300M-$465M each year on that alone (the US sends 12-15 astronauts to space each year)
On the lunar lander, NASA estimated SpaceX’s fixed-price bid saved $20B-$30B vs the Boeing-preferred cost-plus approach.
So: SpaceX saved the US taxpayer more than the total value of contracts it earned on a single project, PLUS provided the US government with the requested services (put stuff in LEO) at the best possible price.
Pres. Trump must know that Iran will never honor this Peace Deal.
3rd Graders understand this.
This must be part of his Long Game strategy.
Iran's refusal to adhere to the terms will give Trump the political authority/acceptance to bomb them to smithereens.
Once and for all.
@RapidResponse47 Blow what? A ridiculous deal Iran will never honor?
Leave Israel out of this.
They can do whatever they want.
When attacked, they should respond 100-fold, immediately and without prejudice.
@AriFleischer Blow what? A ridiculous deal Iran will never honor?
Leave Israel out of this. They can do whatever they want. When attacked, they should respond 100-fold, immediately and without prejudice.
Detroit Tigers OF Jahmai Jones strikes out swinging, leaving runners on first and third in a 1-1 game against Cleveland. He is now hitting .136 with a .457 OPS.
A.J. Hinch can’t continue to trot out a guy who is literally costing them wins.
Democrat candidates aren't the root problem—they're just symptoms.
The disease is the voters who keep electing them: your neighbor, your kid's teacher, the DMV clerk, your Lyft driver.
This isn't sustainable.
Coexistence with this level of rot should no longer be the goal.
Pres. Trump must know that Iran will never honor this Peace Deal.
3rd Graders understand this.
This must be part of his Long Game strategy.
Iran's refusal to adhere to the terms will give Trump the political authority/acceptance to bomb them to smithereens.
Once and for all.
@JonathanTurley Some battles are not worth the energy.
Let the Democrats have this one. The Building can collapse from neglect, for all I care.
FWIW: let the liberal Entertainment industry donate any funds needed and let Congress run the project management.
What could go wrong?