re: #621 Targetpractice

Getting show into orbit aboard a rocket that pulls multiple Gs going up, spending 6+ months cooped in a big metal can that will be bombarded with radiation and debris, experiencing another multi-G descent to the planet’s surface, and hoping that all the equipment sent with you or ahead of you works as designed.

All done by the lowest bidder.

Isn’t there pretty much only one bidder, SpaceX?