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I never realized that I wonder if Elon could sell SpaceX secrets / IP to China?

• wmf 4y ago
  That sounds like an ITAR violation.
  • ceejayoz 4y ago
    Elon Musk, notably a stickler for following regulations.
    • labster 4y ago
      Sell to China, tweet about overbearing government regulators after the fact.
      • zamnos 4y ago
        Sell? China could also say "Nice gigafactory you've got there. It sure would be a shame if something were to happen to it."
        • labster 4y ago
          It would also be a shame if FSD got an OTA update to drive on the other side of the road. By accident, of course. Bugs are so hard to discover.
          • ashwagary 4y ago
            Any individual going to war against a global power with unlimited funding generally doesn't succeed.
            • labster 4y ago
              Generally, but this individual has his own spaceworthy rockets, which is more than halfway to an ICBM.
    • Espressosaurus 4y ago
      You do NOT fuck with ITAR. You are personally liable for any violations and it can result in jail time for you, personally. And the company is liable too. I would hope anybody in that chain of command knows that, and tells him to go fuck himself if he drops even the hint of exporting it.
      • ceejayoz 4y ago
        The guy has violated his agreements with the SEC, just recently lit $44B on fire, and risked SpaceX's contracts over smoking weed on Joe Rogan. I'm not convinced he's all that influenced by consequences.
        • Espressosaurus 4y ago
          That may be, but the engineers under him are not protected by his money. That's why I call out that you are individually liable as well.