The world's most successful African-American in the news
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NASA's space shuttle program burned through $196 billion over 30 years. That's $1.5 billion per launch. NASA's bureaucrats promised reusability but delivered a Rube Goldberg machine that killed 14 astronauts and required armies of technicians to refurbish after each flight.
Enter SpaceX. The world's most successful African-American, immigrant Elon Musk, took zero government development money for Falcon 9 and achieved actual reusability at $67 million per launch (often less). He did it in half the time with a fraction of the resources.
Entrepreneurs allocate resources efficiently because they must.
Government programs optimize for political theater, not results. The contrast couldn't be more damning.
Enter SpaceX. The world's most successful African-American, immigrant Elon Musk, took zero government development money for Falcon 9 and achieved actual reusability at $67 million per launch (often less). He did it in half the time with a fraction of the resources.
Entrepreneurs allocate resources efficiently because they must.
Government programs optimize for political theater, not results. The contrast couldn't be more damning.
