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a good opportunity for the U.S. government to buy SpaceX from him at a discount The only real reason why they'd want to do that, is to get rid of actual innova
by stcredzero 4y ago
a good opportunity for the U.S. government to buy SpaceX from him at a discount
The only real reason why they'd want to do that, is to get rid of actual innovation in space to get back to the wasteful go-nowhere days of cost-plus contracting as a jobs program.
- rvnx 4y agoI'm not sure but I think the DoD has a budget of over $900 billion. I guess they can finance the acquisition by transferring the debt to the company itself (probably an LBO?). The teams are great, so it would be a matter of keeping the operational teams and the board the way they are, a separate entity, etc. I see SpaceX as a very strategic company that can benefit everyone (hence the push for public ownership).
- stcredzero 4y agoI see SpaceX as a very strategic company that can benefit everyone (hence the push for public ownership). This would render it mediocre over time, then it would slowly wilt into the apathetic evil that killed the Challenger and Columbia astronauts.