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> as it takes away all natural market forces What are those forces exactly, in a defacto monopoly? Building huge jets takes so much money and know how buildup

by manmal 3y ago

> as it takes away all natural market forces What are those forces exactly, in a defacto monopoly? Building huge jets takes so much money and know how buildup that only nations and maybe the top 5 or so companies could pull it off.

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double0jimb0 3y ago
They said the same thing about rockets.
- ric2b 3y ago
  If you're talking about SpaceX, it was prominently funded by the US government.
  - nightski 3y ago
    Funded by governments and run by the government are vastly different things.
    - ric2b 3y ago
      The argument was "[it] takes so much money and know how buildup that only nations and maybe the top 5 or so companies could pull it off. ", so the funding was the question, not who runs it.
- manmal 3y ago
  That story still has to play out, and this arguably wouldn't have been possible without NASA's help.