How Does Musk's Government Funding Compare To Competitors?

Posted by Soulskill on Friday June 5, 2015 @05:54AM from the all-about-the-benjamins dept.

Rei writes: We recently discussed an article in the LA Times complaining about how Elon Musk has built his corporate empires — Solar City, Tesla Motors and SpaceX — on the back of government subsidies. However, how does the funding compare in context to various competitors? USC professor Greg Autry breaks it down, noting among other things that SpaceX's competitors have benefited from decades of tremendous government money and a launch monopoly, while the Volt receives — on a percentage basis — 2 1/2 times greater subsidy than a Model S, and was developed on the government's dime.

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Re:Wipe your mouth, Slashdot by Anonymous Coward · 2015-06-05 06:48 · Score: 2, Funny

I'm getting a little sick of the slovenly Musk worship on this site. It's worse than the way 99% of Slashdotters used to drop to their knees anytime Steve Jobs whipped his dick out. Like Jobs, Musk could take a shit on stage and most of your pathetic fanboys would be fighting each other for the privilege to touch it.
Touch it? Hell, they'd fight to eat it.