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[Opinion] We Should Immediately Nationalize SpaceX and Starlink

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[Opinion] We Should Immediately Nationalize SpaceX and Starlink

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Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 11 days ago

We Should Immediately Nationalize SpaceX and Starlink

The slap fight between Donald Trump and Elon Musk has highlighted the absurdity of keeping so much of our space program and satellite internet infrastructure in the hands of a single oligarch.

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First step: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-suggests-terminating-musks-us-government-contracts-subsidies-2025-06-05/

The easiest way to save money in our Budget, Billions and Billions of Dollars, is to terminate Elon’s Governmental Subsidies and Contracts

I think it’s a totally reasonable thing to do.

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