The White House May Condemn Musk, but the Government Is Addicted to Him (nytimes.com) 5 points by plonk 2y ago ↗ HN
[–] quantified 2y ago ↗ I'm sure there are a great many more-objectionable people that earn great loads from Uncle Sam. Not to mention people who get elected.
[–] ren_engineer 2y ago ↗ link - https://archive.is/ez0u0Maybe the US government and Pentagon wouldn't be in this situation if they hadn't allowed incumbents to get lazy and fall behind due to corruption? The fact is SpaceX is years ahead of anybody despite billions being wasted on Lockheed and Boeing
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[ 2.8 ms ] story [ 16.5 ms ] threadMaybe the US government and Pentagon wouldn't be in this situation if they hadn't allowed incumbents to get lazy and fall behind due to corruption? The fact is SpaceX is years ahead of anybody despite billions being wasted on Lockheed and Boeing