[HDThoreaun]

There is nothing shady or circular in the text you quoted

[sandeepkd]

I avoided adding too many details, made a base assumption that folks on this topic would already be aware of google's investment in spaceX, probably should have added that too

[JumpCrisscross]

> made a base assumption that folks on this topic would already be aware of google's investment in spaceX, probably should have added that too

Still doesn't make it circular financing. If SpaceX issued Google a dividend right after Google paid SpaceX, that would be circular.