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While I generally agree, the free market did give us the likes of Tesla and SpaceX. The optimal strategy is to allow both.

• CPLX 8y ago
  The amount of government subsidies to both those companies has been staggering. Neither of those are free market stories.
  • Cthulhu_ 8y ago
    And it took nearly 50 years before a company dared to get into that market.
  • pythonaut_16 8y ago
    Has the government "subsidized" SpaceX? AFAIK the government has been a consistent customer of SpaceX and they've leased facilities from NASA but it seems that overall they aren't being subsidized but rather patronized.
    • brohee 8y ago
      You are aware than the government pays SpaceX more than market price right? The difference is itemized as "additional checks", but it's subsidies in anything but name.