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hirezdezines t1_iv256ih wrote

There is a tiny possibility that, considering Musk's looming psychotic break with reality, the USA might have to nationalize spaceX.

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atomicxblue t1_iv2ngc1 wrote

He's quickly on the path to becoming the Kanye West of Elon Musks.

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davix500 t1_iv28yl1 wrote

It offers a vital service that can affect national security so not that hard to imagine

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Johns-schlong t1_iv42rrn wrote

I mean, I'm pretty post-capitalist myself, but I don't think it should be controversial for a country to nationalize anything that becomes essential and can be easily threatened. Sure, buy it at a price that gives the founders a healthy profit, but then bring that shit into the fold. Of course I also don't believe anyone has the right to billions of dollars, sooo...

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Radiant-Dress1423 t1_iv5piqk wrote

Bro ur govt doesn't want to fund starlink's service and in Ukraine but send 40b to line politician pockets. Why do you want free satellite service again ? Don't you have 40 b to afford purchasing the service ?

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hirezdezines t1_iv6f89b wrote

I doubt we'll get free internet if nationalized. It's for National Security reasons. You can't have a lunatic with control of that many satellites helping ass holes like Putin kill people because they get butt hurt when they make a fool out of themselves on twitter.

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ioncloud9 t1_iv56xi4 wrote

Nationalizing spacex would kill it. The way spacex was even able to built this satellite network with their own reusable rockets would have never happened with a government program. It would’ve costed 10x the proposed amount and taken 3x as long. This is just how nasa and space development has worked for decades. Do you think Starship would ever have been proposed? They are building 7 raptor engines a week now. Each raptor engine has the equivalent thrust to an RS-25 flying on SLS. The government is paying AJR $100 million each for each new RS-25.

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snksleepy t1_iv4shya wrote

Star link is proposed as an instrument to better humanity but instead is really an instrument of war.

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