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		signatoremo on May 10, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: James Webb Space Telescope reveals Fomalhaut's dis... NASA has only awarded SpaceX fixed cost contracts, never cost plus — whether it’s COTS, Crew Dragon or HLS. Same deal with US Air Force. It’s amazing how wrong facts are asserted with absolute certainty here on HN.

dylan604 on May 10, 2023 [–]

SpaceX is just the truck to carry the payload that is built by someone else. It’s the payload that always goes over budget. Facts are facts

signatoremo on May 10, 2023 | [–]

> I’m guessing ~$25 million for an upper stage.

That was what you responded to. Since when the upper stage is the payload? Which facts are you asserting?

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