How the U.S. government came to rely on the tech billionaire—and is now struggling to rein him in.

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    1 year ago

    The whole point is that there shouldn’t be an absence. The absence is there because of the private corporations. This is another insidious tendril of capitalism.

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      1 year ago

      I agree wholeheartedly. Public money is being funneled into the MIC, of which SpaceX is now an integral part. If that same money or even a significant fraction had been instead alotted to NASA since the moon landings, we’d have bases on Titan already.

      However, I want to see us touch the stars. And right now, it’s pretty much only SpaceX that has the drive and capital to get there.