Reply to post: Re: Tax write-off

What did we say about Tesla's self-driving tech? SpaceX Roadster skips Mars, steers to asteroids

JeffyPoooh
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Re: Tax write-off

Space history includes the story of a large UV transparent sapphire window, imported by JPL or NASA at great expense. They had to pay import duty / taxes. When they launched the gadget, they dragged a Customs official down to witness the launch, i.e. re-export, so they got their money back. So the story goes...

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