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		drawkward on Feb 9, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Boeing has informed its employees that NASA may ca... Both things can be true at the same time, guy. SpaceX can be motivated by maniacal desire to colonize Mars, and removing one of 3 competitors in the rocket launch space (by Elon Musk's unconstitutional moves, no less!) can be bad. How do you think Boeing got so crusty? I allege lack of competition is a key part of that.

votepaunchy on Feb 9, 2025 [–]

Well then it’s good that SpaceX will be competing with China.

drawkward on Feb 9, 2025 | [–]

It has been shocking, but predictable, to see the GOP replace Democracy and Capitalism with Authoritarianism and Oligopoly as its twin polestars.

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