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SpaceX reportedly has a secret backdoor for Chinese investment (techcrunch.com)
submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 58 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Hey, DOGE, you missed one.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It’s almost like it was never about savings or efficiency.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

GET THIS UNELECTED NAZI OUT OF OUR GOVERNMENT!!!

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

which one of them?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

How does "Any and all of them" sound?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago

really good actually.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

While passive, noncontrolling stakes from foreign investors are welcome, it is the Trump administration’s position that adversaries like China use concealed investment strategies to obtain technologies, IP, and leverage in strategic industries.

I'm not an expert in international investment or intellectual property. How could a concealed investment strategy lead to obtaining IP?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

"Hey Musk, we invested $5 million in your company. We'll invest 5 more if you give us some of your earlier rocket designs"

Which would probably be an ITAR violation as a dual use technology export (dual use as in it has military value) if not something more serious, hence the secrecy

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Violating ITAR for 5 million dollars seems like it would be a irresponsibly reckless risk for SpaceX to take. And it's not like SpaceX are short on cash. That's like, 5 hours of Starlink revenue.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago

I pulled those numbers out of nowhere, it could be billions instead, and would've been going on long before starlink. China did make a lot of advances with their rockets in a time period that makes sense