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> (which is why NASA is currently contracting SpaceX, which can do things cheaper).

And they're also contracting Orbital Sciences and Sierra Nevada and Boeing and probably a bunch of others of whom I have no knowledge.

SpaceX is following in the footsteps of many other private companies that have developed spaceflight hardware on their own initiative. They might be 'younger' and more agile but it's not a new innovation.



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