silence7@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoNASA, Pentagon push for SpaceX alternatives amid Trump’s feud with Musk | The fight between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk highlights the government’s outsize dependence on a single companywww.washingtonpost.comexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1141arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1139arrow-down1external-linkNASA, Pentagon push for SpaceX alternatives amid Trump’s feud with Musk | The fight between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk highlights the government’s outsize dependence on a single companywww.washingtonpost.comsilence7@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square17fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBlameThePeacock@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·2 months agoJust nationalize SpaceX at this point for “national security reasons”
minus-squareerrer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoOut of curiosity how does one nationalize a company like SpaceX? Do they have to be willing to sell themselves to the US Government?
minus-squareBlameThePeacock@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoThey do not need to be willing to sell, Eminent domain is part of the 5th amendment and government can use it to seize pretty much anything for ‘public use’ but it does call for compensation
Just nationalize SpaceX at this point for “national security reasons”
Out of curiosity how does one nationalize a company like SpaceX? Do they have to be willing to sell themselves to the US Government?
They do not need to be willing to sell, Eminent domain is part of the 5th amendment and government can use it to seize pretty much anything for ‘public use’ but it does call for compensation