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To: polymuser

You are correct that Musk is a whole lot more industrious.


38 posted on 07/11/2021 8:14:57 AM PDT by drSteve78 (Je suis deplorable. WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE)
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To: drSteve78

I agree. But, we probably shouldn’t lose sight of the fact that Musk has grown his SpaceX business on the backs of US Taxpayer...not unlike his Tesla business, it shouldn’t be forgotten.

SpaceX enjoys ENORMOUS contracts with DoD and engineering support from the US Air Force and NASA. They’ve been given access to top secret US technologies as a defense contractor. Virgin, OTOH has done it largely all on their own using a novel launch platform. I believe the only taxpayer support they’ve received is whatever tax benefits the state of California offered and a very, very modest technology development contract with NASA (think a few million dollars).


43 posted on 07/11/2021 8:23:42 AM PDT by ScubaDiver (Reddit refugee.)
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