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Yes, absolutely.

We made money off https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troubled_Asset_Relief_Program, but it was 100% a subsidy.




Does his competition also get subsidies? Who gets more, who gets less? Are your complaints motivated by Musk's political opinions and activities?


I have no complaints here. It's a good use of subsidies. Government should use subsidies for this sort of purpose.

I just take issue with pretending they aren't subsidies, and incorrect assertions NASA/government had little/nothing to do with their success.

I'm an enormous fan of SpaceX - you could probably have heard me scream a mile away when they caught the booster last month - and have a personal dislike for Musk since the Twitter acquisition and his hypocrisy there. Nothing in this thread from my end criticizes SpaceX for being subsidized. In fact, I'm all for it.




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