@AstroMikeHudson Even that's debatable, really – both Crew Dragon & Starliner were developed under the Commercial Crew Programme at the cost of many billions to the US taxpayer. STS was built by lots of private companies, primed by North American, funded by the US government.
I mean, I know they're privately operated as opposed to NASA operated, but ultimately they're just different types of government contract.
@tehstu Better, but arguably the shuttle was privately-built too, with North American as prime.
The difference is that the CCP vehicles are also privately operated & provided as a service to NASA, rather than NASA running them, but still, they're all government-funded.
So that one-word change doesn't really reflect reality, but heaven forfend that anyone should undermine the myth-making of the Grand New Era of Space Democratisation 😉
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