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Musk’s X blocks links to JD Vance dossier and suspends journalist who posted it (arstechnica.com)
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[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 0 points 1 month ago

SpaceX broke the decades-long practice of costs-plus contracts for lump sum contracts from DOD. DOD wanted to offer them the same costs-plus contract style they give to other defense contractors and SpaceX turned that down and demanded lump sum on delivery.