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Re:Boeing CEO Vows to Beat Musk to Mars by transfire on Wednesday October 05, 2016 @12:29PM (#12645342)
> You're aware that SpaceX runs on a lot of corporate welfare, with SpaceX only existing because of NASA's COTS and Tesla only existing because of generous federal subsidies on electric cars and other handouts.

$7,500 on a $75,000 car is not a large enough subsidy to "run" Tesla. It's incentive for energy efficiency and all cars manufactures get it.

Moreover SpaceX does not get any "welfare" in any form. They have a contract job via the government's Commercial Space program.

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Re:Boeing CEO Vows to Beat Musk to Mars by powertower on Wednesday October 05, 2016 @01:07PM (#12645680)
The $7,500 is the consumer subsidy.

He is talking about the separate $5 billion corporate subsidy.

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