[ortusdux]

IIRC, SpaceX and some of their suppliers were considered essential personnel during the early covid lockdowns.

[lazide]

So were the folks at my local subway.

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

[Rebelgecko]

Same for ULA but afaik they still have a functional union

[ZeroGravitas]

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]

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