I don’t believe in corporate welfare. Musk is a welfare queen like the rest.
Nothing special about that (except for the media spin...)
Elon is putting people and cargo in space at a rate NASA never did. The promise of the Shuttle turnaround times that never materialized.
And he’s reusing the rocket boosters! You know those big expensive pieces that NASA used to drop into the ocean.
SpaceX is landing them on a frigg’n platform at sea! That is damn impressive.
Meanwhile, Boeing has been paid multi-billion to build a vehicle they can’t even get into space yet.
I don’t hold it against the man for taking advantage of the rules, regs tax breaks that government put in place. Any good business will and does.
You don’t like the largesse that’s been put in place? Talk to congress.
He’s not a welfare queen. He’s winning contracts, and being paid for his products and services. The gov’t needs stuff done, too. His is a rational incentive, and he pours that money back into his companies to develop new and practical technologies. I’m grateful for his work.