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2021-03-30 Government Corruption

Reps. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) and Rick Larsen (D-Wash.) attempt to halt SpaceX development.

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Posted by 3dc 2021-03-30 00:00|| || Front Page|| [15 views ] Top

#1 Of course they do. Can't have a maverick making the government sponsored shit look bad. And he is independently thinking too!

Posted by DarthVader 2021-03-30 00:16|| 2021-03-30 00:16|| Front Page Top

#2 They used to call Senator 'Scoop' Jackson the Representative from Boeing. Looks like that mantle has passed on to Larsen.

Posted by CrazyFool 2021-03-30 00:28|| 2021-03-30 00:28|| Front Page Top

#3
Doubt this will happen, they would get better results attempting to stop a freight train doing 50 MPH. You guys are Decades late, and Billions short. Good luck.

Posted by Cloluque Flomoting5546 2021-03-30 03:20|| 2021-03-30 03:20|| Front Page Top

#4 It's SpaceX or China, geniuses.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2021-03-30 03:57|| 2021-03-30 03:57|| Front Page Top

#5 Just seeing "(D-Wash)" & "(D-Ore)" says it all.

Posted by Clem 2021-03-30 04:14|| 2021-03-30 04:14|| Front Page Top

#6

If hampered too much.
Mr. Musk could just move to his backup launch site outside of the USA.

Then do it quicker at a lower cost, now caused by Less Red Tape and LIBERAL BS.

Posted by NN2N1 2021-03-30 06:04|| 2021-03-30 06:04|| Front Page Top

#7 Those oil drilling platforms they are converting to mobile launch and recovery facilities are looking like a smart investment.

Posted by Greater the Anonymous5721 2021-03-30 08:58|| 2021-03-30 08:58|| Front Page Top

#8 The "stuck" the unexpected explosive failure again this morning at the Boca Chica Fireworks Emporium.

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-03-30 09:55|| 2021-03-30 09:55|| Front Page Top

#9 Maybe I need another cup of coffee, but what was the actual violation by SpaceX? They scrubbed a flight because some Federal hack with a polyester tie wasn't there to watch; doesn't sound like a foul to me.

Posted by Raj 2021-03-30 09:56|| 2021-03-30 09:56|| Front Page Top

#10 Representatives from such well run states as Oregon and Washington are surely more competent than some "hacker" entrepreneur and his gaggle of "unwoke" mechanics.

Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839 2021-03-30 10:36|| 2021-03-30 10:36|| Front Page Top

#11 RWR: "If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it..."

Posted by Matt 2021-03-30 13:09|| 2021-03-30 13:09|| Front Page Top

#12 Musk had to move from California to Texas because of Democrats. Will he have to move from the United States to, say, Australia because of Democrats?

Posted by Abu Uluque 2021-03-30 13:52|| 2021-03-30 13:52|| Front Page Top

#13 Really. It reads like our FAA official wanted his hotel bill picked up or "can't make it in time."

Posted by swksvolFF 2021-03-30 16:41|| 2021-03-30 16:41|| Front Page Top

#14 International waters are just a few miles away, Brownsville has a good port, and SpaceX will soon have mobile launching and recovery platforms as noted above. And Elon can always buy a convenient island someplace nearby, outside the territorial grasp of the Communist US government.

They are in a good position to tell the US Government to go piss up a rope.

Posted by Ho Chi Snemp6051 2021-03-30 16:55|| 2021-03-30 16:55|| Front Page Top

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