SpaceX No longer needs NASA
amosj
32 points
9 comments
October 30, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (4 comments)
ChrisArchitect
Earlier: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50297358
d_silin
What are the rest of US launch vehicles doing? * SLS (NASA) - operational (for Artemis missions only). * Electron (Rocket Lab) - operational. * Vulcan Centaur (ULA) - return to flight scheduled for November 2026. * New Glenn (Blue Origin) - return to flight scheduled for December 2026. * Antares 300 (Northrop Grumman) - under development, first flight NET 2027. * Terran R (Relativity Space) - under development, first flight end of 2026(?). * Neutron (Rocket Lab) - under development, first flight NET 2027. * Firefly Alpha Block II (Firefly Aerospace) - under development, first flight Q1 2027 * Nova (Stoke Space) - under development, first flight NET 2027
xlayn
EEE. This is not like tesla drinking the california cool aid and then moving to texas.
andsoitis
Does NASA still need SpaceX? What about other space agencies?