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Re:NASA chief suggests SpaceX may be booted from moon mission by GolfPopper on Tuesday October 21, 2025 @05:52PM (#45662193)
It is a rent extraction/wealth transfer powerhouse.

At least for now.

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Re:NASA chief suggests SpaceX may be booted from moon mission by shdh on Tuesday October 21, 2025 @07:57PM (#45663310)
Can you elaborate how SpaceX is an extraction/wealth transfer powerhouse?
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Re:NASA chief suggests SpaceX may be booted from moon mission by jmyeet on Tuesday October 21, 2025 @08:13PM (#45663448)
I'm not sure which company you're referring to here but I do here this claim a lot about SpaceX and while i'm anti-rent-seeking I don't see SpaceX as a rent-seeking company. Yes it has gotten some grants to develop particular programs and promises from the US government to buy services but all up we're talking about (IIRC) $10-20 billion.

We just gave $40 billion to Argentina for pretty much no reason whatsoever.

Now the US government has spent a whole lot more on SpaceX but they're buying services.

SpaceX is an incredible bargain compared to the alternatives like ULA.

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