It has nothing to do with funding. SpaceX had far less than NASA.
For another example from a different angle, the military has limitless supplies of funding but innovates even less than NASA.
For another example from a different angle, the military has limitless supplies of funding but innovates even less than NASA.
Nasa develops nuclear reactors, landed on titan and has reached pluto. Spacex vehicle has never left the Earth-moon system.
They may not have the same accomplishments as NASA, but they're far from a "company that makes trucks".
"NASA makes precision scientific instruments and SpaceX makes precision scientific instruments that have higher tolerances with a higher focus on throughput, and there are rapidly diminishing returns in how much funding can be used to close the gap" is probably the right take if not as fun.
Which scientific instruments does SpaceX make? I have never heard of a single one.
In contrast, curiosity rover has dozens.
Like, come on. I get shitting on Musk is the cool new thing, but this is genuinely the case where SpaceX is doing cool things in space, and at an extremely fast pace. Get over yourself if you can’t see through your Musk hate and only see them as “a company that builds trucks”.
Also, spacex has launched outside of the earth-moon system. It was a roadster