SpaceX and Blue Origin LLC are competing to launch satellites and take humans to the moon. They are also paying big salaries to hire so many young and tireless engineers that old-line aerospace employers like Boeing Co. and NASA are finding it harder to fill positions.In 2021, NASA signed a nearly $3 billion contract with his SpaceX to use its new Starship mega-rocket as the lunar lander for the first Artemis astronauts. SpaceX is preparing for its third Starship launch atop its enormous super-heavy booster.NASA has contracted SpaceX and Blue Origin to provide landing systems to take astronauts to the Moon's surface from lunar orbit, beginning with Artemis III. The agency has asked the two companies to develop cargo versions of their human lunar landers as an option under their existing contracts.

What’s the difference between NASA and SpaceX : On top of that, NASA researches Earth's climate and studies the changing climate. SpaceX, founded more recently in 2002 by Elon Musk specializes in engineering affordable rockets and reaching the goal of humans living in space.

Who is the competitor of NASA

NASA competitors include SpaceX and Blue Origin. NASA ranks 1st in Employee Net Promoter Score on Comparably vs its competitors. See below how NASA compares to its competitors with CEO Rankings, Product & Services, NPS, Pricing, Customer Services, Overall Culture Score, eNPS, Gender and Diversity Scores.

Why does NASA support SpaceX : NASA's Commercial Crew Program is working with American aerospace companies Boeing and SpaceX as they develop and operate a new generation of spacecraft and launch systems capable of carrying crews to low-Earth orbit and the International Space Station.

SpaceX is 10X cheaper with 30X lower cost overrun than NASA in lifting payload into space. Why Because SpaceX is platform-based, NASA not. “The space race is dominated by new contenders,” claims The Economist (18 October 2018).

SpaceX's Starship spacecraft and Super Heavy rocket – collectively referred to as Starship – represent a fully reusable transportation system designed to carry both crew and cargo to Earth orbit, the Moon, Mars and beyond.

Is Starship funded by NASA

NASA is already funding Starship, the largest rocket in history, to the tune of billions of dollars to ferry astronauts to the lunar surface—but Starship also has the potential to launch immense payloads off other worlds and back to Earth.The contract cements a long future for SpaceX and NASA as they work together to launch astronauts to and from the International Space Station. The newly contracted launches extend their partnership through 2030 and bring the total contract value to nearly $5 billion for 14 fully operational astronaut missions.Starship is a reusable rocket larger and far more powerful than NASA's Artemis Special Launch System and one that could take humans to the moon and Mars.

The results are clear in a statistical analysis of NASA and SpaceX projects. In 118 space missions, NASA saw an average cost overrun of 90%. Over 16 missions, SpaceX saw an average cost overrun of 1.1%. SpaceX projects tended to take an average of about four years, while NASA projects averaged about seven years.

Who is NASA’s biggest rival : Current CEO: Bill Nelson.

• The top NASA competitors are.
• SpaceX.
• Roscosmos.
• China National Space Administration (CNSA)
• European Space Agency (ESA)
• Blue Origin.
• Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
• Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)

Who is NASA top boss : Senator Bill Nelson was sworn in as the 14th NASA administrator on May 3, 2021.

Is SpaceX more advanced than NASA

SpaceX, however, exceeds NASA in all three dimensions: scope, cost efficiency, and speed. It's easy to become enamored of legendary projects like the Apollo missions, which did after all achieve a quantum leap in both technology and how humanity understood the universe. That's part of the reason they are so attractive.

NASA chose to spend its money building a moon rocket, and let Musk co-invest his own money to come up with a satellite launch vehicle; now it saves money on space probes and does more science at the International Space Station.SpaceX, however, exceeds NASA in all three dimensions: scope, cost efficiency, and speed. It's easy to become enamored of legendary projects like the Apollo missions, which did after all achieve a quantum leap in both technology and how humanity understood the universe. That's part of the reason they are so attractive.

Has SpaceX put anyone in Space : For the second time this year, SpaceX sent a quartet of people up to the International Space Station using its Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.