Yeah, I’m not mad at this. There’s a lot around SpaceX that makes it hard to really see what an offering from them is*, but this actually looks legitimately interesting - a way to run medium-to-long-term microgravity experiments with a proper data uplink and power structure could be a real boon for a lot of interesting science. Turning microgravity into a purchasable commodity, instead of something you need a specialized project for, is genuinely one of those “human capacity building” things.

* (definitely feel free to fill in the seventy volumes of dialogue I left out of this comment in the replies, though)

Howdy Ted! It has been a while! Hope you're doing well! Glad that you're still at it. SSGL misses you! <3

Any indication what the price difference might be? (e.g. 20% less, 50%, 90%!?)

I read that SpaceX's engines deliver a bit more thrust at a bit less mass than NASA engines. But the kicker was SpaceX's were 1/200th the cost. From the cost angle it's very interesting observing space activities going from mostly public to mostly private.