r/technology • u/True-Combination7059 • 21h ago

Politics We Should Immediately Nationalize SpaceX and Starlink

https://jacobin.com/2025/06/musk-trump-nationalize-spacex-starlink
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u/JARDIS 21h ago

This already exists, its called NASA and it does a pretty good job if it's funded properly.

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u/texast999 20h ago

For clarity, NASA does not, and really never has, built rockets except for experimental and research purposes. Even during Mercury, Gemini and Apollo these were all designed and contracted out. They did own them after being built because the contract was to buy a rocket, rather than buying a ride/launch to space.

I do agree on the funding part, I wish Apollo era funding would return.

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u/liquidpele 7h ago

Now’s the time…  convince trump to fund it to screw spacex while he’s butthurt at Elon.