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Starry Messenger

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2. So when SpaceX goes IPO, the 1% can cash in.

Reply to onethatcares (Original post)

Sat May 19, 2012, 10:52 AM

May 2012

I hope Elon doesn't get bored playing spaceman anytime soon. I have grave misgivings about the space program being privatized. At least we still kind of have one, I guess.

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space x funding [View all] onethatcares May 2012 OP

Because the private sector won't cost taxpayer money. MannyGoldstein May 2012 #1

So when SpaceX goes IPO, the 1% can cash in. Starry Messenger May 2012 #2

Not paying to use Cape Canaveral is part of the efficiency that privatization brings. Brickbat May 2012 #3

None of those pesky unions either. Starry Messenger May 2012 #4

so it's a win/win for all of us, onethatcares May 2012 #5

Cheaper access to space, reinvigorated competition to get into space. backscatter712 May 2012 #6

but they have done little except onethatcares May 2012 #7

They've already launched the Falcon 9 twice, the Dragon once. backscatter712 May 2012 #8