tanrgith t1_j80229c wrote on February 10, 2023 at 5:08 PM

Reply to comment by Ukulele_Maestro in Blue Origin awarded NASA launch contract for Mars mission (Studying magnetic field) by kuroimakina

I don't really have a much of a problem with BO getting this contract

However trying to argue that BO getting this is in any way comparable to SpaceX getting their HLS contract is pretty silly and doesn't hold up to much scrutiny

[deleted] t1_j807fwp wrote on February 10, 2023 at 5:42 PM

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tanrgith t1_j80ajt8 wrote on February 10, 2023 at 6:02 PM

Oh there are similarities when you describe the two cases at a surface level. But any kind of deeper look at the two scenarios should make it super obvious that it's not really things that are comparable

The contracts that SpaceX won very early on when they were basically a very young startup with no proven track record. Those contracts are comparable to this contract that BO has been awarded

Ukulele_Maestro t1_j80bf8o wrote on February 10, 2023 at 6:08 PM

Yeah I'd agree, and good thing the risk was taken back then, just as it's good to do so now with BO