Musk on X: “Perhaps an interesting milestone: @SpaceX commercial revenue from space will exceed the entire budget of @NASA next year. SpaceX revenue this year will be ~$15.5B, of which NASA is ~$1.1B.”

Elon Musk, the founder of SpaceX, has projected that the company's commercial space revenue will surpass the total budget of NASA in the upcoming year. For the current year, SpaceX anticipates generating approximately $15.5 billion in revenue. A portion of this income, specifically around $1.1 billion, is derived from contracts with NASA. This significant financial milestone highlights SpaceX's growing dominance in the commercial space sector.

This development signifies a potential shift in the balance of funding and influence within the space industry, with a private company's commercial activities potentially eclipsing a major government agency's entire budget.