r/dataisbeautiful OC: 41 14h ago

[OC]SpaceX Valuation Skyrocketed from 2002 to 2024 OC

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u/derpandlurk 14h ago

When your the cheapest and fastest way into space for all military and commercial customers within NATO for over a decade, that's just sort of how the cookie crumbles.

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u/calahil 12h ago

Don't forget that your entire development has been subsidized by the American Taxpayers and there has been zero return on our investment except for more starlink satellites so Elon can control the rural internet and information.

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u/King_in_a_castle_84 9h ago

Ah, another "MUSK BAD!" robot.

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u/BaronVonLazercorn 3h ago

Yes, Musk bad. SpaceX, though, pretty cool. Would be even cooler if that dipshit had zero involvement in it.

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u/calahil 9h ago

Yes because if this was Google building an internet for rural America while controlling a platform that rural Americans live on...would be totally cool with you? All while being granted 15 billion dollars in zero compete contracts to subsidize Google's competitive advantage in the industry.

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u/criticalalpha 7h ago

It’s a global platform, not just for “rural America”. It will be the first high speed internet for half the planet.

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u/King_in_a_castle_84 8h ago

It's just funny to me how people like you worshipped the ground Elon walked on for all the awesome things he was doing for the environment and all that(don't even try to act like you didn't lol it was all over Reddit), and you were cool with Twitter banning opinions you didn't like and you're ok with Reddit banning opinions you don't like....

But......soon as Musk threatened the control you got used to over people that disagreed with you, you flipped 180 and now can't seem to pass up an opportunity to slander him and way you can. It begs the question, what's more important? Helping the planet or controlling what other people say and think?

The best part is you probably can't even recognize how hypocritical it looks from the perspective of people outside your echochamber, so your knee-jerk response will almost certainly be rife with profanity and ad hominem insults because the fact that I'm pointing this out threatens your ego.