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noncongruent t1_j1spryo wrote

Reply to comment by 2wheels30 in Meet the amateur astronomer who found a lost NASA satellite by jarvedttudd

> government backed loans (ultimately forgiven)

Minor correction, those loans weren't forgiven, they were paid back a decade early, with a prepayment penalty:

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-doe-loan-early-repayment-penalty-elon-musk/

Tesla wasn't the only company to get loans from the DOE program created by Bush intended to help kick start certain technologies in this country.

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2wheels30 t1_j1sqawx wrote

My bad, I thought some of the title 17 loans were forgiven. I'm happy for any group that is eligible to use them. Rather that money go towards clean(er) tech than our inflated defense budget.

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