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he still cannot do what NASA (and the russians) did in the sixties

To be fair, SpaceX is doing what they're doing without the help of a NATIONAL CONSENSUS and accompanying budgets and under an existing legislative and regulatory framework that didn't exist in the 60s.

I'm pretty impressed with what they've put together, but admit SpaceX stands on the shoulders of giants. NASA and the USSR had a lot of early mortality issues with their rockets.

I'd also like to ask who's more likely to begin flying astronauts again, SpaceX or NASA/Boeing/USA?

Don't get me wrong, though, taxpayers are still subsidizing his space projecs.