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		cowkingdeluxe on April 18, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why The US Can Beat China: The Facts About SpaceX ... Good point, and that $800 million was prorated over 4 years whereas NASA gets $18 billion annually.

mitchty on April 18, 2012 [–]

NASA also has fair amount more research going on unrelated to "build rockets" as well so direct numerical comparison isn't exactly valid.

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