A new kind of space politics
spacenews.com
Elon Musk recently announced that he was moving SpaceX HQ from the Los Angeles area to Boca Chica, Texas, due to political motivations.
  • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    5·
    2 months ago

    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@sh.itjust.worksMEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      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@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        4·
        2 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.

  • tacosanonymousEnglish
    51·
    2 months ago

    He is a petulant child that has never experienced consequences. I hope he has a reckoning soon. The decent human beings that keep getting damaged by his whims deserve better.