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[Opinion] A new kind of space politics (spacenews.com)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/spacex

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[–] gravitas_deficiency 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I’m just waiting for him to do something stupid enough in a ketamine-fueled fit of pique that the DoD and/or NASA swoops in and nationalizes SpaceX as a strategic national concern.

[–] threelonmusketeers 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Nationalizing SpaceX would risk destroying the company structure and culture which made SpaceX successful in the first place. A government-run SpaceX would never pursue an ambitious project like Starship.

A safer option would be to find a similar visionary to fill the CEO role who is a bit less... you know. I wonder if Gwynne Shotwell (current COO) could take over as CEO if Elon goes further off the deep end?

[–] gravitas_deficiency 4 points 5 months ago

Moving SpaceX to Austin would risk destroying the company structure and culture which made SpaceX successful in the first place, and yet here we are.

I agree that giving it to Shotwell would probably be a better shoo-in in terms of a mandated CEO adjustment.