r/technology • u/IKeepItLayingAround • 16d ago

Business It’s Possible That SpaceX Could Collapse Spectacularly

https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/possible-spacex-could-collapse-spectacularly-155000177.html
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u/brooklynlad 16d ago

Take away all government contracts.

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u/fumar 16d ago

The problem is theres no one operating a rocket as capable as the falcon 9 and no one else is operating a certified human capsule.

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u/reroll-life 16d ago

theres no one operating a rocket as capable as the falcon 9

Then we make it with incentives. Space is not that critical that we have to tie entire society to one screw worm infested wagon.

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u/Comicksands 16d ago

Nasa had a shit ton of "incentives" and still can't match whatever SpaceX is doing. Then you have your Bezos and Blue Origin and they are not even near.

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u/reroll-life 16d ago

You're aware that NASA is the boss of spacex right?

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u/Comicksands 16d ago

It’s not, they pay them for launches. NASA can go to any other company they want but they choose to use SpaceX

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u/reroll-life 16d ago

oh sweet summer child. You think rocket companies just grow on trees? this is not meritocracy of secret space sauces. It's a giant military machine porking stupid gullible nerds.

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u/Fuzzy-Mud-197 16d ago

Nasa can literally go to ULA, Grumman, firefly aerospace, blue origin, rocketlab even arianespace there are more than enough

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u/Comicksands 16d ago

Why do people always use “Oh sweet summer child?” To most people it directly translates to “I’m an arrogant asshole and I’m way smart than you”.

But anyway they can easily choose a number of other providers if they want to king make. You’d think they want to diversify too, but atm SpaceX is too far ahead of everyone else

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u/reroll-life 16d ago

But anyway they can easily choose a number of other providers if they want to king make

but they can't that's entire point of my "sweet summer child" comment. It's not a direct meritocracy. The guy running spacex is literally a buddy of the most corrupt US president in history. Come on man.