# Could California launch "its own damn satellite"?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 15, 2016, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-california-launch-its-own-damn-satellite/774789 "2016-12-15T17:15:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-california-launch-its-own-damn-satellite/774789/61 "2017-05-10T00:26:30Z")

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I’d say that your cite was fairly neutral; it’s just that the headline is easy to read negatively. Nevertheless, it contains this line:

_The Franchise Tax Board says it received input from the private space companies on the proposed rules, which largely resemble a draft submitted by SpaceX, perhaps the industry’s most recognizable company. SpaceX, which is headquartered in Hawthorne (Los Angeles County), declined to comment._

Clearly, if the proposal resembles a draft submitted by one of the major companies, it can’t be too bad. Industry likes to lower risk and reducing an area of financial/legal uncertainty achieves those goals. It’s likely that the actual tax will be nominal.

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