IIRC, SpaceX and some of their suppliers were considered essential personnel dur...

lazide · 2026-02-12T10:22:49 1770891769

So were the folks at my local subway.

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

Rebelgecko · 2026-02-12T03:43:56 1770867836

Same for ULA but afaik they still have a functional union

ZeroGravitas · 2026-02-11T23:01:56 1770850916

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?

ortusdux · 2026-02-11T23:41:04 1770853264

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