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matching bids on a set of launches is hardly "matching prices" across the board.
this article went to a lot of trouble to hide the fact that the price for spacex is still 30% cheaper than even this "matched pricing" that those big old fart companies seems to think is the best they can do. hell, they already start counting their 'profit' chickens in this very article when they are not actually competitive. spacex is still talking about dropping their already unmatched costs and pricing.
if really feels like this was written by the big hands who reeeally need boeing and lockheed to not be old, stale, inefficient behemoths. those government contract pipes are already welllll greased.
In my opinion, you maybe should first deliver something before you go giving empty promises and sign a contract. But hey, that's Musk's motto: overpromise, underdeliver.
Old fart companies, lol. Oh, you mean the old farts who are more or less on budget and time and delivered what they promised?
If SpaceX, i.e., Musk's rhetoric, is not one of the reasons Artemis (3) mission will get delayed significantly, I'm gonna eat a shoe. As someone who has done budget calculations for global projects, I can tell you the biggest factor in calculating the cost is time. Since the timeline is off, the money needs to be off as well, as these two are connected.
No need to say we are way off this timeline, and one of the reasons is the absolutely bullshit timeline Musk seems to think is reasonable but is actually unobtainable for the company SpaceX. I don't know why he does this every time; eventually, he has to backpedal anyway.
Some not very deep examples:
Etc., etc.
Musk's track record is not great, and at this point, we definitely should not give him the benefit of the doubt.