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SenateLaunchScrubbed t1_j2e73tw wrote

Reply to comment by mooseup in SpaceX caps 2022 with record-setting 61st Falcon 9 launch by Master-Strawberry-26

The military was in NO way involved in development or funding. Years later, they saw the capability and showed up to get their hands on one. So what? Lots more where sold in the free market to regular citizens.

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mooseup t1_j2ed1i9 wrote

If the military hadn’t purchased the Wright brothers plane they may as well have suffered the same fate as Burrell Cannon.

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SenateLaunchScrubbed t1_j2ee4fq wrote

And that proves what? That's how the free market works. Some succeed, some don't. The Wright brothers made many mistakes when it came to business. The thing is, their failure wasn't the failure of the industry. Plenty of other manufacturers quickly showed up, and started selling planes like crazy. The wright brothers models where more expensive, and less well marketed.

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