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Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:
The head of Russia's space agency on Saturday accused Elon Musk's SpaceX of predatory pricing for space launches, which is pushing Russia to cut its own prices. "Instead of honest competition on the market for space launches, they are lobbying for sanctions against us and use price dumping with impunity," Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin wrote on Twitter.
Rogozin, who is often outspoken on Twitter and previously engaged in online banter with Elon Musk, on Friday raised the issue during a meeting with President Vladimir Putin.
He said the Roscosmos space agency "is working to lower prices by more than 30 percent on launch services to increase our share on the international markets." "This is our answer to dumping by American companies financed by the US budget," he said. The market price of a SpaceX launch is $60 million, but NASA pays up to four times that amount, he said.
Musk responded to the criticism Saturday by saying on Twitter: "SpaceX rockets are 80% reusable, theirs are 0%. This is the actual problem."
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 13 2020, @05:32PM (1 child)
I hear you. We don't need chair-throwing, brown-shirted, misogynist, dude weed lmao smoking pedophiles with cuddle puddle couches screwing around with rockets. Somebody could get killed.
We need a reliable company known for quality products like Boeing. They hire real men who know how to treat women right.
(Score: 2) by legont on Monday April 13 2020, @10:53PM
Nah, just like I said above - don't make the motherfucker a moral hero. It's bad for morals, while he is quite good been an asshole as is.
"Wealth is the relentless enemy of understanding" - John Kenneth Galbraith.