Every time I see people saying that SpaceX Surpassed NASA I die a little inside, it's such an unfair statement! Just because you want to promote innovative companies does not mean you should do it at Nasa's expense.
NASA has so many capabilities SpaceX never will. They have flown probes to gas giants and out of the solar system, landed on Moon, Mars and on Titan, have done atmospheric entry on Jupiter, build nuclear powered rovers, designed the SAFE reactor, James webb telescope, asteroid rendezvous, the list goes on an on.
SpaceX has only ever flown three vehicles: Falcon 1, Falcon 9 and Dragon. They never did a mission outside low earth orbit, they have no means to land on the moon, or to power a spacecraft heading for Pluto, where solar power is useless. They don't have any experts in thousands of instruments Nasa designs and operates to observe black holes, underground ice on mars, etc.
SpaceX also benefits from access to Nasa tech, facilities and funding.
They are different organisations: SpaceX builds a vehicle and refines it endlessly to create a perfect product.
Nasa does exploration and research, their vehicles aren't products, they are unique, custom built scientific instruments.
NASA has so many capabilities SpaceX never will. They have flown probes to gas giants and out of the solar system, landed on Moon, Mars and on Titan, have done atmospheric entry on Jupiter, build nuclear powered rovers, designed the SAFE reactor, James webb telescope, asteroid rendezvous, the list goes on an on.
SpaceX has only ever flown three vehicles: Falcon 1, Falcon 9 and Dragon. They never did a mission outside low earth orbit, they have no means to land on the moon, or to power a spacecraft heading for Pluto, where solar power is useless. They don't have any experts in thousands of instruments Nasa designs and operates to observe black holes, underground ice on mars, etc. SpaceX also benefits from access to Nasa tech, facilities and funding.
They are different organisations: SpaceX builds a vehicle and refines it endlessly to create a perfect product. Nasa does exploration and research, their vehicles aren't products, they are unique, custom built scientific instruments.