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2021-12-02 Science & Technology

Elon Musk: SpaceX faces possible bankruptcy because of engine woes

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Posted by M. Murcek 2021-12-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [12 views ] Top

#1 And so it goes....
May the next company be better managed....
Prince Tesla SpaceX Starship is dying, so says the King 👑, only government investment may save us, says the RICHEST MAN ON EARTH 🌎...

Judge me not, I'm only the CEO and the largest single investor....poor me.

Posted by Gerthudion Glomonter2477 2021-12-02 00:36|| 2021-12-02 00:36|| Front Page Top

#2 Tesla HQ officially moves to Texas

Posted by Skidmark 2021-12-02 08:59|| 2021-12-02 08:59|| Front Page Top

#3 Email sounds more like a wake-up call for the troops than a real possibility

Posted by Mercutio 2021-12-02 09:03|| 2021-12-02 09:03|| Front Page Top

#4 More gummint subsidies needed, obviously

Posted by Merrick Ferret 2021-12-02 09:14|| 2021-12-02 09:14|| Front Page Top

#5 What subsidies would those be, ferret-face?

Posted by Rob Crawford 2021-12-02 19:54|| 2021-12-02 19:54|| Front Page Top

#6 No doubt Elon is good at hoovering up the market-distorting subsidies our government provides. He is a smart guy with smart accountants and lawyers. But SpaceX is a real thing and he is building it.

The engine problem is that they need to produce them faster, not that the engines don't work. SpaceX needs enough engines to fly Starship to launch Starlink V2. If they cannot keep that schedule, then they will need to make cuts somewhere.

Everyone loves gloom and doom, but Musk is an engineer. I bet he figures it out.

Posted by SteveS 2021-12-02 21:04|| 2021-12-02 21:04|| Front Page Top

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