SpaceX to launch US spy plane

[Kevin Lancaster]

SpaceX to launch US spy plane

The US Air Force will use SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket to launch its X-37B spy plane later this year, reported CNN.

 

[Thor]

Good jump of cash inflow there I would assume.

 

[pinball wizard]

And Elon takes a step closer to super villian-dom.

 

[NarrowBandFtw]

So Elon is so principled he'd quit a government advisory counsel in protest over the climate change pact, but not principled enough to stop doing business with the government ...

 

[Ninja'd]

I don't know, maybe I'm old-fashioned but shouldn't you shut the hell up when you're gonna launch a spy plane?

 

[Nick333]

And Elon takes a step closer to super villian-dom.

Or Tony Stark without the charm.

 

[Nick333]

So Elon is so principled he'd quit a government advisory counsel in protest over the climate change pact, but not principled enough to stop doing business with the government ...

On the other hand "green" tech investments.

 

[Arthur]

Good jump of cash inflow there I would assume.

With nearly $6-billion in taxpayer's money already under his belt, Musk knows where to place his schnozz.

 

[The_Assimilator]

Should I call the whaambulance for all you babies crying about how Musk doesn't like your orange overlord?

 

[NarrowBandFtw]

Should I call the whaambulance for all you babies crying about how Musk doesn't like your orange overlord?

Talk about missing the point ... you don't see any irony in a government leech biting the hand that feeds him?

The irony and the hypocrisy is there, regardless of who's hand it is doing the feeding.

 

[Knyro]

Or Tony Stark without the charm.

Seriously. Respect for the guy and his accomplishments but he needs to take public speaking classes and go to speech therapy. He can't hold a keynote to save his life.

 

[Garson007]

The dude is a classic my way or the highway entrepreneur.

 

[redspark]

So Elon is so principled he'd quit a government advisory counsel in protest over the climate change pact, but not principled enough to stop doing business with the government ...

My thoughts exactly.

 

[grok]

With nearly $6-billion in taxpayer's money already under his belt, Musk knows where to place his schnozz.

You'd think it's quite appropriately placed considering how he's out-spacing the original space agency at their own game, and at such a bargain price too.

 

[Arthur]

True. That's not a bad thing in itself. It's just a pity he uses government money to do it. Not quite private enterprise, but perhaps an inkling of a start, I suppose.