If you tax it, they will come. California's plan to tax space travel by the mile

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May 05, 2017, 05:18 PM

Rightwire

If you tax it, they will come. California's plan to tax space travel by the mile

Screw them... launch from Nevada

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May 05, 2017, 05:20 PM

RHINOWSO

quote:
Originally posted by mark_a:

I can just see Elon Musk's to do list:

1) learn to launch rocket without it blowing up
2) learn to retrieve rocket without it blowing up
3) worry about if the state of California has a tax plan in place for when I start making money...

Yeah he pretty much has 1 and 2 almost down. Hopefully he can go a year without another problem.

Then again if it was so easy, everyone would be doing it and not rebranding Russian motors as their own...

And reusing their rockets...

May 05, 2017, 06:43 PM

nhtagmember

and landing on rolling and pitching barges in the middle of the ocean....at night...

May 05, 2017, 07:33 PM

Orguss

It doesn't matter where the launches originate. The headquarters is based in California. It's construction facilities are in California. Therefore, SpaceX will still suffer the taxes California drums up to levy against it.

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May 05, 2017, 08:44 PM

Appliance Brad

quote:
Originally posted by V-Tail:

The school that I worked for was a drop in the bucket; we were not the only ones. Many other aviation businesses stopped spending money in Wisconsin.

But those $100 cheeseburgers really add up