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IIRC, SpaceX and some of their suppliers were considered essential personnel during the early covid lockdowns.
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So were the folks at my local subway.

All ‘essential’ meant in this context was ‘gets screwed’.


Same for ULA but afaik they still have a functional union

Because they were essential?

Or because SpaceX is run by someone who doesn't care if his workers die, is a Covid denying crank and has connections in the Trump admin?


IIRC, at the time they were the only US option to get people to and from the space station.



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