For the sake of national security, it’s time for the U.S. to nationalize #SpaceX. We paid for it, anyway. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/19/us/politics/elon-musk-white-house-pentagon.html?unlocked_article_code=1._0w.Ddmk.XZllRINCvCbT&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
@deanbetz if we paid for it we would already have it.
SpaceX is not nationalized today because the country didn't pay for it.
Instead, the nation paid for NASA, whose program didn't produce the successes that SpaceX did.
Which in the end is just another reason we should probably not nationalize SpaceX.
@volkris The post office isn’t the only example of government-owned corporations, and there are many success stories. There are warts, but the challenges are better than writing checks to an untrustworthy partner. https://usafacts.org/data/topics/government-finances/government-run-business/
@volkris It’s still a better bet that leaving it in Musk’s dirty hands.