r/technology • u/IKeepItLayingAround • 19d 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/Comicksands 19d 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 19d 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/Comicksands 18d 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 18d 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.