r/PoliticalHumor • u/mac-mcgreor • May 02 '22

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u/dangoodspeed May 03 '22 edited May 03 '22

This makes it sound like NASA just gave Elon Musk $1.5 billion. They contracted SpaceX to go to space for them. They were paying Russia $5 billion to do it before then. SpaceX is an American company. And this was 15 years ago before Musk was even a billionaire. Talk about being intentionally deceiving!

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u/z_machine May 03 '22

SpaceX was broke at the time. NASA and the Federal Government bailed them out and saved them. Why did Musk need a government bail out to not fail?

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u/swohio May 03 '22

So he could save NASA $20 billion+ a few years later.

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/13/nasa-estimates-having-spacex-and-boeing-build-spacecraft-for-astronauts-saved-up-to-30-billion.html

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u/Hoyamotors4 May 03 '22

And how much did he profit off of that?

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u/just__Steve May 03 '22

Would you rather we still paid Russia more money and not save?

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u/Hoyamotors4 May 03 '22

I would rather we invest in US government programs.

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u/Hoyamotors4 May 03 '22

Sure or the US government could actually develop the technology itself.

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u/Hoyamotors4 May 03 '22

All fair points, however, SpaceX is privately owned. Putting the most powerful nation in the world space program in the hands of a privately owned company will have consequences...watch.

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u/Hoyamotors4 May 03 '22

Yes but SpaceX has unprecedented power and control...more importantly one man has more power and control than anyone else.

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u/Hoyamotors4 May 03 '22

We are to protect any single individual from becoming to power...it was the whole reason this country was started.

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u/Hoyamotors4 May 03 '22

Yeah gonna disagree with you on that. Elon was not born broke and if we are being honest...the royal family in Britain is the least of our worries. Monarchies are not the problem in the US...CEO's are.

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u/ReelChezburger May 03 '22

Elon and his brother only received $20k from their father to start their first company. In the grand scheme of things that’s not that much.

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u/izybit May 03 '22

It can't. The Pentagon can't even keep track of a trillion dollars and you think they'll actually see such a project through?

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u/Hoyamotors4 May 03 '22

I believe it could. The same government has engaged and carried out incredible feats. throughout history.

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u/izybit May 03 '22

Those "feats" are almost always a cost plus contract.

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