So you admit Elon was an illegal alien?
Thanks for playing kid.
"was"??? your original post said "is"
Starlink and Space X have been built with taxpayer dollars. You weren't aware of that?
well a lot of things are funded through federal dollars. But from what I understand starlink was funded through investors, competitive contracts and grants, some federal others state and local....my understanding is that most, if not all (info is not definitive) that the federal funding was competitive.
I didn't find where either SpaceX or starlink has government handouts..I saw some loans (paid back reportedly), some grants, but mostly competitive contracts...I'd be interested in your analysis, though, as from what I've been able to determine the government's interaction with SpaceX isn't any different than their interaction with other zUS Corporations/companies. We give grants out like candy, some sole source, some competitive and you and I could get one if we had ideas or projects the government felt were worthwhile.
Are you intimating that there is or was something "shady" about government financial interactions with SpaceX?
You do bring up an interesting debate in the time of $40 trillion debt....should the government be handing out grants, loans or investment funds in US companies...