we should nationalize spacex. it's footprint to launch represents a real national security risk. it was literally built on federal contracts. it's tech was pioneered by nasa and shittons of former nasa folk work there. it's executive is erratic and unhinged and that's a clear issue for national security. it's utility in war - from ukraine to the middle east - needs to be controlled by the national security interests. Finally, spacex's remit should be launch, not folding in x, grok, tesla and a bunch of other junk to inflate garbage stocks.

Four of my faves (in the order of what I imagine to be norminess):

https://f-droid.org/packages/com.menny.android.anysoftkeyboard/

Boring, reliable, stable, mature, has almost every language or feature that a standard keyboard can have.

https://f-droid.org/packages/tribixbite.cleverkeys/

New, and its biggest feature is its sophisticated and configurable swipe typing engine. I am not a huge fan of swipe typing per se, but this is a solid keyboard regardless. Works well in a terminal.

https://f-droid.org/packages/juloo.keyboard2/

Works very well in a terminal, reliable, solid, mature, programmer oriented but great for casual use as well.

https://f-droid.org/packages/com.dessalines.thumbkey/

My current fave, it's for single finger speed typing. Do you want to compete with touch typing using only one thumb? This baby is for you. This keyboard requires modifying your typing habits. It's a pita up front, however, once you learn the thumbkey way, every other keyboard is almost obsolete after that. I do say almost, because some games benefit from ctrl-alt-fn modifiers and a qwerty layout, vim keys are easier on a qwerty, things like that. But thumbkey is a beast jusf for doing fast one finger input.

Futo if your on android ticks (most) boxes for me.

This analogy falls apart in several ways. The majority of all funding for SpaceX comes from the government. This isn't like a paper company that has massive contracts outside of the government. Furthermore a paper company is a dime a dozen and probably not a national security issue like the sole provider of needed launches.

Governments would probably never need to take over a mundane company like a paper producer, but they most certainly would need to take over a critical supplier of national security needed services because it is run by a space Nazi.

@Zron @technology True, #NASA was forced to use the Shuttle engines but part of the reason was the US had no capability to design and manufacture a similar rocket motor. We were entirely dependent on using the Russian Proton engines. This was one factor in support for helping SpaceX — to recreate a U.S. capability to build rocket motors. At the time, we needed a new launch system engine for smaller uncrewed spacecraft missions. That decision had nothing to do with the Lunar/Mars human spaceflight ambitions. The alternative proposal on the table was to refurbish stored ICBMs for this purpose. The Earth-to-Orbit ISS resupply need came later. (I know this because I was there and involved.)

True, NASA is basically a jobs program — for the southern states; this is where most of the money goes. LBJ did that to get the votes for the appropriations needed and to keep the southern state Democrats in the party. Part of the political culture at NASA HQ is to “efficiently distribute money to Congressional districts.” The NASA centers in Houston and Huntsville had a corresponding sense of entitlement, at least when I was working with them at the beginning of the Constellation program. Now that Senator Shelby (Alabama) is no longer the ranking head of the Senate Appropriations Committee, maybe things will start to change in the human spaceflight area. Huntsville’s NASA centers had/have responsibility for the remaining space shuttle’s engines.