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Re:NASA chief suggests SpaceX may be booted from moon mission by nxor on Tuesday October 21, 2025 @07:38PM (#45663157)
By h1b engineers
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Re:NASA chief suggests SpaceX may be booted from moon mission by parineum on Tuesday October 21, 2025 @10:37PM (#45664327)
A policy of the US to attract talented people.

Immigration of talent is historically an American asset. Look bo further than the moon landing itself for an example.

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Re:NASA chief suggests SpaceX may be booted from moon mission by travoc on Tuesday October 21, 2025 @11:12PM (#45664540)
What does that have to do with H1B engineers, who typically end up writing crud apps for banks?.
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Re:NASA chief suggests SpaceX may be booted from moon mission by Descon on Wednesday October 22, 2025 @05:37AM (#45666728)
I believe space is actually a protected industry, and your run of the mill h1b isn't good enough, you need citizenship too - see the ITAR reqs on SpaceX job openings: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/spacex/jobs/8101417002
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Re:NASA chief suggests SpaceX may be booted from moon mission by wkat4242 on Wednesday October 22, 2025 @11:42AM (#45670842)
That's because SpaceX has military and national security contracts, not because it's space as such.
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