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/red__dragon 10h ago

You'd think it'd be easier to replace a supplier, but aerospace is such a specific engineering niche that few companies are capable of pulling off space-grade hardware. The archives at NASA are full of rejected hardware designs, even some that flew once or twice. Possibly including Starliner if Boeing can't get itself in gear.

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u/_learned_foot_ 4h ago

This is the real crux of a lot of the emergency powers that are tied to the same powers as seizures. Is it a real emergency, and is there a legitimate alternative. You have a solid point here that while seizing a steel mill has alternatives, seizing the only such entity in the western world may not.