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After all of the sketchy contracts that musk seems to be getting under this regime, the next administration should nationalize SpaceX. With their corrupt self dealing, perhaps give him a dollar or so for it.
Americans don’t have HALF the balls. Cowards to the last.
100% this.
The well regulated militia in the most armed country in the world is just the typical exceptionalism story. Talk is cheap but when it comes to act, americans are just little bitches. Hollywood can whitewash the history later.
Folded like a lawn chair the second a dictator pops up to pry every past remaining bit of wealth and power out of our hands.
For decades the American left has been, on the whole, anti-firearms. There simply are not enough of us who own and train with guns. If/when a civil war happens we lose. And that's before you start taking into account drones and surveillance. People keep making fun of the 2A but seem to conveniently forget that damn near half the electorate just ceded the power of arms to the other half out of fear.
Statistics say no.
At the end of the day it only takes a Luigi.
66% of Republicans vs 41% of Democrats and 45% of independents. I still don't like those numbers.
What do you want me to do? I'm fucking out there protesting. Shit I'll be at another rally today. I wish things were different but I'm not a coward and I'm doing what I can. I'm sorry.
So you’re … going to parades.
Just what are you doing, mighty keyboard warrior?
Okay, if this was happening in your country, what would you do that would actually stop fascism?
Oh, don’t worry- we’re all aware it’s coming to our country. And we’re armed.
I love how every time Americans are challenged on their lack of urgency, the response is always to pull a tu quoque, though. Never fails.
Your answer is you’re armed? Does that mean you’ll shoot and kill the bad people who rise to power in your country?
Does he think Americans aren't armed?
So there were some military contracts that were just awarded.
54 missions total:
SpaceX: 28 missions, $5.9 B = $210.7 M per launch
ULA: 19 missions, $5.4 B = $284 M per launch
BO: 7 missions, $2.4 B = $342.9 M per launch
SpaceX did get the most money, but they were also the cheapest provider due to their reusable 1st stages.
Just with those 9 extra launches over ULA SpaceX saves the US government and taxpayers 668 million dollars.
If SpaceX didn't exist, it would have been ~~8~~ 2 billion more but actually worse since the other providers can't supply that much and wouldn't have had as much competitive incentive. Just look at BO the next one which was almost 60m more than ULA. It easily could have ballooned to 4b more adding a 3rd even more expensive option.
Doesn't seem so self dealing to me, they were able to bid lower and win more, and saved, (I'm assuming you given your ~~rage~~ upset) a shit load of money.
This is what SpaceX has been doing for years, well before he got in bed with Trump.