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Re:FAA warns Musk that he is building Super Heavy launch tow... by giarc on Wednesday July 14, 2021 @10:00PM (#27840714)
SpaceX biggest customer is the US government. You really think the US gov will ship satellites to China for launches?
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Re:FAA warns Musk that he is building Super Heavy launch tow... by justapassenger on Wednesday July 14, 2021 @10:25PM (#27840823)
This. Spacex, while private and agile company, exists purely because of USA government buying their services - that’s majority of their revenue.

There’s nothing wrong with that, being government contractor is a huge part of an economy.

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Re:FAA warns Musk that he is building Super Heavy launch tow... by deregulateMed on Wednesday July 14, 2021 @11:21PM (#27841069)
>There’s nothing wrong with that

The military industrial complex, crony capitalism, and siphoning tax dollars to billionaires are definitely debatable topics.

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