SpaceX no longer needs NASA, and that's a problem for America's space agency
arstechnica.com
NASA desperately needs SpaceX, and SpaceX knows it, and Elon knows it."
  • nadram@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    13 days ago

    SpaceX needs NASA contacts now now than ever. The jerk’s AI business has been shoved into SpaceX, and that’s a money burning machine. Should NASA take one too many contracts away from SpaceX, the huge red numbers will come out.

    • Cocodapuf@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      12 days ago

      I think this is the right take.

      SpaceX may believe they’ve discovered a business model without NASA, but when the bubble pops they’ll be singing a different tune.

      This is also a good reason to not nationalize spaceX as so many in this thread are calling for. I don’t want to be financially responsible for the AI mess they’re investing in now. Let them eat those losses.