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Why not? SpaceX will tick along without him, and he won’t leak classified material because then the prison he’d be in would deep and dark indeed.
by UpshotKnothole 8y ago
Why not? SpaceX will tick along without him, and he won’t leak classified material because then the prison he’d be in would deep and dark indeed.
- FLUX-YOU 8y agoI'm not so sure, one of the other space companies could start poaching talent and there's no way they can continue the government contracts with a huge loss of critical staff.
- bodas 8y agoSpaceX is an extremely desirable company to work at, it's more NASA than NASA. Even without Musk that would remain the case. Talent squeeze is not a risk IMO.
- mikeg8 8y agoYea he’ll join all the other billionaires in jail. I would say he looks pretty guilty of fraud but agree he will never see a cell, just heavy fines. And spaceX may survive without him but losing musk would suck a ton of wind out of their sails.
- refoundglory 8y agoMartha Stewart was a billionaire when she went to jail for insider trading.
- MrPatan 8y agoDid she go to jail for insider trading? Or for lying to the FBI?
- empath75 8y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Nacchio https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Nacchio
- np_tedious 8y agoMaybe if Elon had sold stock this would be in the realm of possibility.
- cheeze 8y agoMy understanding is that his imprisonment was questionable though, no? > charges his defense team claimed were U.S. government retaliation for his refusal to give customer data to the National Security Agency in February, 2001