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This level of anti-customer behavior is only possible when you have an effective monopoly and know the customer will have to react to your wishes rather than you reacting to customer needs.

The next Dem admin should definitely nationalize SpaceX (and Starlink)

I think there are reports from SpaceX about the Falcon9 being phased out in the works even before the latest Musk antics.

Musk is a national security risk, as outlined by the article's first paragraph: "SpaceX’s plans to retire its most popular rocket could jeopardize the United States’ ability to launch military satellites — a plight compounded by the Pentagon’s dependence on Elon Musk’s company."

They’ve got launches on it scheduled up through at least 2030, but there’s no room or capacity for any additional launches in that time frame with the phaseout

Pentagon surprised to be scrambling for answers, after building its international communications system on the work of a heavily self-medicated Nazi.

Idiocy.

Musk’s rocket is suffering Erectile Disfunction

Was announced long ago. They are all-in on Starship.

Man what would be amazing is seeing Elon flame out and die in poverty.

Starship cannot be made compliant with current NASA standards for human rating.

Remember when a monopoly was a bad thing? Remember when rich assholes weren't so obvious when they extorted the government for lucrative contracts?

wait now how am I supposed to get to my space hotel?

Ryan he’s asking for a cash infusion Starship can launch Jack shit other than Starlink satellites

yeah they’ve been planning that for a while why keep your most successful rocket online? that wouldn’t be very spacex of them

Shouldn't ditch the one that works before they've fixed the one that doesn't.

He’s combining all his companies and ending production of a product the US government has a strong interest in, at the same time that a new administration will be taking over. Bold moves all around

Just another national security reason for the US government to seize SpaceX.

Is anything Musk pulls surprising at this point. He probably wants more money.

Almost like it was a terrible idea to let an essential capacity be effectively monopolized by a for-profit company that answers to a tiny claque of insatiably greedy shareholders. That said company is run by a fascist lunatic only compounds the problem.

It would make a lot of sense for the next Administration to force SpaceX to spin off the Falcon 9 business to ensure continued American access to space.

I’m surprised space force is still around

They’re tired of launching rockets that don’t explode

“You will be able to fly to Mars in your Tesla™️ car by EOY 2028!” -Elon Musk, probably. *SpaceX stock goes up 300%*

Musk is a welfare queen.

yeah, under any functioning government this alone would be sufficient for nationalization

Nationalize SpaceX

not edgy enough to have a reliable product.

A reliable rocket that dominates the industry doesn’t juice stock prices and idiot investors like an unreliable, possibly death-spiraling rocket that may put robots on the moon or some shit

Nationalise SpaceX job done.

don't need the falcon 9 anymore they have AI