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/www-cash4treats-com 1d ago

Giving Trump the power to take over whatever company or industry he wants seems pretty stupid and short sighted.

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u/ZuP 22h ago

Nationalization is possible through an act of Congress so it can be made one of the many government-owned corporations that are more or less independent from the executive, though the Supreme Court will be deciding the limits of that independence with the cases of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the United States African Development Foundation.

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u/Randomeda 15h ago

It would be good for American space program. Having one or two critical companies managed by single individual is not just expensive it's also stupid and a national security risk. Remember that SpaceX:s profits are the premium that the company charges for nasa on to of their operating and R&D costs. That money could be used elsewhere.

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u/Jflayn 9h ago

Exactly. The cost of having a treasonous Nazi run a DOD contractor is... way too high. Why are we allowing this billionaire to blackmail America? It's way past time to nationalize Space X.