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This company survives on public funding via NASA. This may be the biggest gift they could have given to their competitors. No one will care if their competitor

by Clent 4y ago

This company survives on public funding via NASA. This may be the biggest gift they could have given to their competitors. No one will care if their competitors have similar issues, SpaceX was sold as different and the illusion of that is fading.

fundad 4y ago
Agreed and anyone standing up for worker power knows the employer will retaliate because the fee is insignificant.
benreesman 4y ago
Well, no matter how it came about, the US can build rockets again. The best ones in the world. You can pretty much get away with anything if you have a relationship like that with the DoD.
golemotron 4y ago
> This company survives on public funding via NASA. They are doing something NASA can't do so I think NASA is getting good value for the money.
danpalmer 4y ago
> SpaceX was sold as different and the illusion of that is fading Is it really? They're moving faster than anyone else right now, and hitting some good milestones on Starship. They're building a portfolio of business lines from Starlink, through smallsat ridesharing, to super heavy lift and human space flight for commercial and governmental customers. I don't see other space companies catching up soon. The illusion of Musk being some sort of business guru is certainly fading, but I don't feel that SpaceX are losing their edge.
modeless 4y ago
The gift of a bunch of employees who care more about activism than the work? This is not a gift I would ever want to receive. I doubt this affects their ability to win contracts in the slightest. Their biggest competitors are all defense contractors, not exactly more sympathetic to causes like this...
jhgb 4y ago
> SpaceX was sold as different and the illusion of that is fading. The "illusion" of what, building actually working and affordable space hardware? The only way that could "fade" would be if someone else like Boeing replicated their successes. As long as SpaceX is technically successful and others aren't, SpaceX being different will be not an illusion but reality even just on that basis alone.

by Clent 4y ago

fundad 4y ago

Agreed and anyone standing up for worker power knows the employer will retaliate because the fee is insignificant.

benreesman 4y ago

Well, no matter how it came about, the US can build rockets again. The best ones in the world. You can pretty much get away with anything if you have a relationship like that with the DoD.

golemotron 4y ago

> This company survives on public funding via NASA. They are doing something NASA can't do so I think NASA is getting good value for the money.

danpalmer 4y ago

> SpaceX was sold as different and the illusion of that is fading Is it really? They're moving faster than anyone else right now, and hitting some good milestones on Starship. They're building a portfolio of business lines from Starlink, through smallsat ridesharing, to super heavy lift and human space flight for commercial and governmental customers. I don't see other space companies catching up soon. The illusion of Musk being some sort of business guru is certainly fading, but I don't feel that SpaceX are losing their edge.

modeless 4y ago

The gift of a bunch of employees who care more about activism than the work? This is not a gift I would ever want to receive. I doubt this affects their ability to win contracts in the slightest. Their biggest competitors are all defense contractors, not exactly more sympathetic to causes like this...

jhgb 4y ago

> SpaceX was sold as different and the illusion of that is fading. The "illusion" of what, building actually working and affordable space hardware? The only way that could "fade" would be if someone else like Boeing replicated their successes. As long as SpaceX is technically successful and others aren't, SpaceX being different will be not an illusion but reality even just on that basis alone.