Comment by renewiltord
2 days ago
They have a lot more money than private companies. California HSR alone costs ten times or more than the Starship program. Annually, the American government spends some three or four times as much as the Starship program on dialysis for 0.2% of the population. Money is in abundance for a government.
If this were true, NASA would never need to outsource. Why pay SpaceX when you can build your own rockets.
Because SpaceX can build them cheaper.