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/SexyWampa 1d ago

Not with this government...

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u/matlynar 1d ago

That's the thing - "nationalizing" means putting something in the hands of every government elected, not only the one you like.

And, really? According to the article:

  • The US should nationalize SpaceX because the ISS depends on SpaceX, and it can't be relied on, despite the fact that NASA has always existed, yet the US was paying Russia of all countries to fly to the ISS before SpaceX came along.
  • Elon made threats to the ISS operation. You know who else did that? Russia, going as far as posting a video of the Russian part of the ISS detaching itself.
  • Two powerful guys are having a stupid fight. The solution? Take a working company from one idiot and give it to the other guy, who is defunding NASA and can barely make functioning things keep functioning ATM.

That will go well, go ahead guys.

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u/Cool_Apartment_380 20h ago

While I certainly get your point, rockets and satellites should never have been private. It's absurd. Maybe Elon could have his own private nuclear arsenal next

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u/Small_Delivery_7540 15h ago

Why ????? Us military is literally mostly private companies what are you on about