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TommyT139

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14. I'm fine nationalizing SpaceX.

Reply to Peacetrain (Original post)

Thu Jun 5, 2025, 08:02 PM

Jun 2025

But I bet Trump would want another toady to take it over.

Maybe we should make friends with countries that can go into space...if anyone will still have us.

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Musk is threatening to decommission the DRAGON spacecraft.. the only spacecraft we have now to move astronauts [View all] Peacetrain Jun 2025 OP

US is totally at fault. Gave a known psychopath drug addict too much power and govt contracts. Irish_Dem Jun 2025 #1

My head is spinning right now.. Peacetrain Jun 2025 #2

I know, it is a real shit storm. Irish_Dem Jun 2025 #8

Who's idea was it to privatize NASA? Emile Jun 2025 #3

What?!?!?! You meand there's a DOWNSIDE to privatizing governmental functions?!?!?!? Coventina Jun 2025 #4

Came to say the exact same thing. Self deleted when I saw you said it already! Scrivener7 Jun 2025 #6

Could not believe what I was reading Peacetrain Jun 2025 #11

Some right winger somewhere... they always think they can do it better Peacetrain Jun 2025 #9

+1 orangecrush Jun 2025 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author Scrivener7 Jun 2025 #5

One more reason to keep Boeing's ship going. tinrobot Jun 2025 #7

I believe the government has mechanisms to prevent Johonny Jun 2025 #10

I wonder if they have any idea what they are doing right now... Peacetrain Jun 2025 #12

Because I hate both equally I would love it if tRump nationalized all of Musk's space cowboy shit ImNotGod Jun 2025 #13

I'm fine nationalizing SpaceX. TommyT139 Jun 2025 #14

IMO, this shows that we should not be letting a private company control so much key infrastructure ecstatic Jun 2025 #15

Is he going to release the Kraken simultaneously? Ping Tung Jun 2025 #16