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It's murky. NASA outsources a lot of money to SpaceX because Musk could burn through risk and money at levels NASA would get cancelled for.

At what point is SpaceX's benefiting from tax money and NASA technology become a reason to fold into a national asset.

China didn't achieve its Great Leap Forward by pandering to wealthy celebrities who cosplay as geniuses.






>Great Leap Forward

Altough most readers will catch your meaning, that phrase does not mean what you think it means.


The Great Leap Forward (1958-62) was an absolute disaster that resulted in widespread famine.

It's a great example of Move Fast and Break Things applied to government.



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