How would Musk be in any better position if a major part of a spacecraft, launch vehicle etc came from Russia?
If anything, he'd be worse off, as it's easier to make special exceptions for government / intergovernment projects (see: ISS).
If anything, he'd be worse off, as it's easier to make special exceptions for government / intergovernment projects (see: ISS).
I mean, that's why he doesn't do that, right?
He got burned early in the SpaceX years, when he wanted to buy some ICBMs, and they fucked with him.
Couldn't he just buy from another country ? I'm sure there are a lot of countries selling ICBMs.
My comment was not at all on the post itself or current affaires. I'm big fan of space exploration regardless of which country achieves success. I was just appreciating the fact that Elon has build SpaceX in a way that it minimize things outside his control so that his mission can succeed.
SpaceX don't use Russian parts.