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[โ€“] threelonmusketeers 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Violating ITAR for 5 million dollars seems like it would be a irresponsibly reckless risk for SpaceX to take. And it's not like SpaceX are short on cash. That's like, 5 hours of Starlink revenue.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

I pulled those numbers out of nowhere, it could be billions instead, and would've been going on long before starlink. China did make a lot of advances with their rockets in a time period that makes sense