YoursTruly
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Elon isn't scared of Trump. And that's a good thing. Trump isn't the king of the USA.
Elon Musk says SpaceX will decommission Dragon spacecraft after Trump threat
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This seems sorta goofy. Don't know what the play is here.....he could simply agree to not rescue any NASA astronauts. Wonder if he had plans to go to the moon himself
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It's two dope head fighting, there is no reason here, only juvenile insanity.
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The reason:
Trump and Johnson undermined everything Elon and DOGE was trying to do.
Elon simply said what us fiscal conservatives have been saying since they started talking about this ridiculous spending bill.
Trump wants his swamp growing, huge spending bill to pass. And so he's lashing out at Elon. And Elon could care less. He doesn't need the governments money.
And we don't need big spending RINO's like Trump.
Two narcissists fighting over their egos, the country be damned!
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Good. Maybe NASA will now go back to developing its own space craft and not leave it to private enterprise. I have always been suspect of Musk’s loyalty to the US. This is what happens when one person has too much power.
There is going to be wide fallout from this Musk/Trump war.
There is going to be wide fallout from this Musk/Trump war.
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JLW
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That is really wishful thinking and probably too much to ask.
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The free market has always been better at solving problems, than the government.
The free market will not produce something that costs billions to trillions without a guaranteed return in sight.
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The government will.
Oddball
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Take care Trump doesn't invoke the Defense Production Act and confiscate it all.
Not that I'd be in favor of such a thing, but at the rate we're going.....
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I have no problem with private enterprise involved in the Space industry. I think that is a very good thing.
My issue was purely with NASA and US interests. NASA should not be solely reliant on private enterprise for its space craft. NASA has a glorious history starting with the Gemini, Mercury and Apollo programs.
For private enterprise to succeed in the space industry it does need government assistance. Space X would be nothing if not for US government contracts.
That’s why Trump’s attack on Harvard is so dangerous. Who’s going to do the basic research, if Trump takes away funds from less well endowed institutions? Big Pharma and all sorts of tech companies get their ideas for products by analyzing studies paid for by our taxes. The case can be made that this is one the more effective uses fir what we pay in taxes.
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Universities can pay for their own research.
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No they can’t.
Oddball
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Harvard has a $50+ billion endowment....They can pay for their own research...**** 'em.
Zincwarrior
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Doubtful. SpaceX,like all Musk entities, ate welfare queens relying on government contracts or subsidies.
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