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Re:Tesla Motors, Inc. Is Now Officially Tesla, Inc by extrapickles on Wednesday February 01, 2017 @03:09PM (#13544572)
ITAR is a good reason to keep them apart for now. Do to SpaceX making rockets, they can only hire US citizens and a bunch of other annoying requirements by ITAR are needed to be met.

Its easier to keep the companies separate just from a compliance standpoint as what would otherwise be a minor issue can turn into a hundred million dollar fine (eg: someone accidentally given access to the wrong file server). If everyone in your company is a US citizen its much harder to accidentally create an issue under the eyes of ITAR.

Re:Tesla Motors, Inc. Is Now Officially Tesla, Inc by planteen on Wednesday February 01, 2017 @03:28PM (#13544770)
One of the best things about no longer working in space is not worrying about ITAR anymore.