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Re:SpaceX Is Now One of the World’s Most Valuable Privately ... by microcolonel on Thursday July 27, 2017 @11:45PM (#14871797)
This is what you call a fluff piece. HN and the broader computer technology industry is sycophantic for Elon Musk, and will ignore that all of his companies would be dead in the water if it weren't for the questionable appropriation of government funds, at least if they spent and marketed the way that they do. The products are great, but the money comes out of everyone's pockets. You're all paying for some guy's Model S.
Re:SpaceX Is Now One of the World’s Most Valuable Privately ... by sien on Thursday July 27, 2017 @11:52PM (#14871825)
Sure.

However, in space launch it's not like Lockheed Martin and Arianne didn't do the same.

The difference with SpaceX is that for once a government got value for money on an Aerospace deal.

Re:SpaceX Is Now One of the World’s Most Valuable Privately ... by microcolonel on Thursday July 27, 2017 @11:59PM (#14871858)
I agree, I'm not against it at all. SpaceX is definitely improving the ROI of NASA, and I love it.
Re:SpaceX Is Now One of the World’s Most Valuable Privately ... by perilunar on Friday July 28, 2017 @01:51AM (#14872266)
> You're all paying for some guy's Model S

We're also paying for all the wars in the middle east that keep the oil flowing.

Re:SpaceX Is Now One of the World’s Most Valuable Privately ... by oblio on Friday July 28, 2017 @02:45AM (#14872445)
Wars, terrorism and many assorted niceties, both here and there.
Re:SpaceX Is Now One of the World’s Most Valuable Privately ... by nugga on Friday July 28, 2017 @01:32AM (#14872196)
The old/print media likes to flaunt misleading headlines where Musks seems to be getting billion dollar subsidies from state and federal government but they're more like hit pieces if anything.

http://www.cnbc.com/video/2015/06/01/musk-article-on-subsidi...

Re:SpaceX Is Now One of the World’s Most Valuable Privately ... by binarytransform on Friday July 28, 2017 @09:40AM (#14874179)
You clearly have no clue how the rest of government contracting works.