Musk says Tesla and SpaceX formed special committees to discuss merger

[Betelbuddy]

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/20/spacex-spcx-earnings-live-updates-q3-2026html.html

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Great SpaceX can finance Teslas losses via government grants (our taxes). More corporate welfare for the worlds richest man.

[dmix → drop_star]

SpaceX has taken $20M state/local grants and about $100M for R&D on various NASA space programs. https://subsidytracker.goodjobsfirst.org/parent/space-explor...

That's over their entire lifespan. While they just made $4B in earnings in a single quarter in Q3 2026, probably $30B around in revenue for 2026... They've definitely paid far more than their subsidies back in taxes over the years.

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Ya and they got those contracts when Trump gutted NASA so now we have to rely on a privately owned company for space flight. A privately owned company owned by a man who on a whim shut down starlink for Ukraine.

[dmix → drop_star]

SpaceX got their last big sole source contract from NASA under Biden ? The grants were even earlier.

[msie]

Yeah, whatever.