[hooli_gan]

The taxpayer is paying for these lies

[schiffern]

If you think delays in aerospace constitute "lies," you're not going to have a good time following any aerospace company. Unexpected delays are par for the course.

[hooli_gan]

If you think these are mere delays, then I have a bridge to sell to you

[nomel]

I don't think that's a useful framing.

If not SpaceX, it would be all NASA. NASA lies about their budget all the time, with massive overruns. For example, the Artemis overrun exceeds the entire cost of Starship development so far [1].

[1] https://www.space.com/nasa-sls-megarocket-cost-delays-report

[jiggawatts]

Not to mention that each Artemis launch is of the same order of magnitude cost as the entire Starship program. Each engine is about the same cost as Falcon 9 launch!

[GiorgioG]

The taxpayer pays for all the lies.