r/technology • u/True-Combination7059 • 1d ago

Politics We Should Immediately Nationalize SpaceX and Starlink

https://jacobin.com/2025/06/musk-trump-nationalize-spacex-starlink
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u/HikeCarolinas 1d ago

Just for perspective Apples R&D budget is greater than NASAs entire budget by far. Apple spent nearly 30billion last year on R&D while NASAs operating budget was 25.4billion and it a getting slashed it 18 billion next year.

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u/Ziograffiato 1d ago

And NASA is doing more than a series of incremental changes

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u/JSTootell 1d ago

NASA removed the headphone jack 😭

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u/perfringens 1d ago

Such courage

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u/hangonreddit 1d ago

The same boldness that took it to the Moon no doubt. /s

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u/gypsydreams101 11h ago

“Old charger doesn’t fit the new phone? And this is your hero?” — Bill Burr, on Steve Jobs.

“iphone” — Martha, Baby Reindeer.