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This is what you call a fluff piece. HN and the broader computer technology industry is sycophantic for Elon Musk, and will ignore that all of his companies wou
by microcolonel 9y ago
This is what you call a fluff piece. HN and the broader computer technology industry is sycophantic for Elon Musk, and will ignore that all of his companies would be dead in the water if it weren't for the questionable appropriation of government funds, at least if they spent and marketed the way that they do. The products are great, but the money comes out of everyone's pockets. You're all paying for some guy's Model S.
- sien 9y agoSure. However, in space launch it's not like Lockheed Martin and Arianne didn't do the same. The difference with SpaceX is that for once a government got value for money on an Aerospace deal.
- microcolonel 9y agoI agree, I'm not against it at all. SpaceX is definitely improving the ROI of NASA, and I love it.
- nugga 9y agoThe old/print media likes to flaunt misleading headlines where Musks seems to be getting billion dollar subsidies from state and federal government but they're more like hit pieces if anything. http://www.cnbc.com/video/2015/06/01/musk-article-on-subsidies-misleading-deceptive.html http://www.cnbc.com/video/2015/06/01/musk-article-on-subsidi...
- perilunar 9y ago> You're all paying for some guy's Model S We're also paying for all the wars in the middle east that keep the oil flowing.
- oblio 9y agoWars, terrorism and many assorted niceties, both here and there.
- binarytransform 9y agoYou clearly have no clue how the rest of government contracting works.