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Comment by gamblor956

6 hours ago

Lol. SpaceX wasn't the first private company to develop a reusable rocket. It was just the first one owned by a billionaire that convince other people to fund it.

SpaceX is notorious in the aeronautical industry for attempting to interfere in the research and funding of other companies. Over a decade ago a competitor had viable plans for a 2 stage rocket... until Musk sued to block the funding.

SpaceX was funded by Musk until it started making money. I don't think he was even a billionaire when he founded it.