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I'm not even american but still so proud of what humans can achieve.

• yborg 11y ago
  Neither is Elon Musk. And the SpaceX team is multinational as well, talent knows no borders.
  • ryanhuff 11y ago
    He is a US Citizen.
    • Nadya 11y ago
      And the company is a US company. I imagine its also because "SpaceX" is awkward to chant. Chanting too fast or with too many people and it will start sounding like "Space sex". Don't believe me? Say "Space X" ten times fast...
      • bwilliams18 11y ago
        And that's a bad thing?? Space Sex sounds amazing.
        • dogma1138 11y ago
          Sounds actually quite hard and frustrating and I expect quite allot of bruises also.
  • yincrash 11y ago
    Elon Musk is a naturalized American citizen since 2002[1]. Referring to him as American would be appropriate. [1] http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a16681/elon-musk-interview-1212/ http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a16681/elon-musk-interv...
  • dustinmoorenet 11y ago
    I agree. It still bugs me when I hear the SpaceX control room chant U.S.A!
  • Fizzer 11y ago
    Agreed. Yet, for some reason, the SpaceX team was chanting "U-S-A, U-S-A" after witnessing the landing. I thought that it would have been far more appropriate to chant "SpaceX"
    • robotmlg 11y ago
      That was mostly the audience that showed up to watch the launch, not so much the SpaceX team
    • randyrand 11y ago
      Chanting USA is pretty common in the US.
  • hueving 11y ago
    >Neither is Elon Musk. Source? He is a US citizen so I'm not sure what 'American' would mean otherwise.
  • Matt3o12_ 11y ago
    Elon is in fact American. He was born in South Africa gu moved to Canada in the '80 and got a Canadian citizenship through his mother. In 1992 he first came to the USA and go his citizenship 10 years later. He was not born in America nor were his parents but he is American like Linus Tovrvalds
  • mpg33 11y ago
    I think is South African-Canadian-American.
  • jonknee 11y ago
    Because of ITAR the vast majority of SpaceX employees are citizens or at least permanent residents. I'm sure he'd love to be able to hire outside of the US, but ITAR isn't going to change anytime soon.
    • dogma1138 11y ago
      Yep I don't think they could even hire a janitor that would not pass a security background check and be eligilble to hold at least basic clearance.
  • thomasahle 11y ago
    Which is why I'm surprised there is so much 'USA' chanting in the video?