About Space-X . . . . .

[Stinky The Clown]

. . . . . we know Elmo is tight with Russia. How vulnerable is the US due to our reliance on Space-X?

[Irish_Dem]

1. Exactly. What are the national security issues related to Space X ?

Now that we know Musk is aligned with Putin.
Now that we know Musk is a con man.

[Pachamama]

2. I have wondered about this a lot

Let’s hope NASA and our Government has thought about that

[2naSalit]

3. Been in the back...

Of my mind for a while now. We should buy it from him and meld it into NASA/JPL.

[former9thward]

10. NASA does not build anything.

They never have. They are an administrative agency.

[getagrip_already]

4. The us still has its own lift capabilities...

We just launched the first artimus probe which is the largest rocket in the world.

The sir force also has rockets it uses to get spook gear in space.

But I'm sure it views space-x rockets as very valuable. And it is very much not in masks interests to deny payloads to the us gubberment.

So unclear if there is a threat currently.

[DBoon]

5. How much of SpaceX is covered by ITAR? What technology is legally export restricted?

We know by now how much Musk respects government regulations.

We know how effective the Russians are at pandering to the massive but frail egos of billionaires.

Draw your won conclusion.

[SmartJellyfish]

11. All of SpaceX is covered by ITAR

They are considered a military contractor and everything they do is covered by ITAR. They can't easily hire non-US citizens and they are prohibited from buying Russian or Chinese sourced materials.

[Beastly Boy]

6. No need to guess. Ukraine found out the answer the hard way

https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/04/politics/spacex-ukraine-elon-musk-starlink-internet-outage/index.html

That's after Ukraine's ambassador to Germany told Musk to fuck off with his ridiculous plans for Ukraine to give up its land to Russia in exchange for peace.

[EX500rider]

7. If he was on Russia's side then why does UKR have Starlink?

And partially paid for by Musk.

[relayerbob]

8. Far less than we were reliant on Russia for the engines of all of our launchers

[former9thward]

9. Don't you think the White House is aware of these issues?

So they might not be issues at all.