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1. Ars Technica (arstechnica@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Jul-2024 02:01:57 JST Ars Technica

   SpaceX just stomped the competition for a new contract—that’s not great

   NASA wants a "robust" commercial space community. But it has a long way to go.

   https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/07/spacex-just-stomped-the-competition-for-a-new-contract-thats-not-great/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

   • Daniel Marks (profdc9@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Jul-2024 12:20:15 JST Daniel Marks

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     @arstechnica Building rockets is a playground that only government agencies, industry consortiums, defense contractors, and compensating billionaires can afford to play in. The limited competition, limited market, and limited motivation because the Cold War is long over make this a difficult industry to build a persistent infrastructure for and workforce and sustain it.