SpaceX, Elon Musk and U.S. politics
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Stocktwits on MSNElon Musk Fires Warning As Trump Reportedly Eyes Jeff Bezos' Kuiper As SpaceX Alternative For Golden Dome: 'Would Be Breaking The Law'SpaceX CEO Elon Musk hinted on Tuesday that the Trump administration could possibly be breaking the law after reports emerged that the government was courting rival Amazon for the coveted Golden Dome missile defense system.
The Trump administration is expanding its search for partners to build the Golden Dome missile defense system, courting Amazon.com's Project Kuiper and big defense contractors as tensions with Elon Musk threaten SpaceX's dominance in the program,
SpaceX, the private space exploration company owned by Elon Musk, has successfully transferred 1,308 Bitcoin — worth roughly $152.91 million — to an external wallet for the first time in more than three years, according to blockchain analytics company Arkham Intelligence.
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New York Magazine on MSNIs Elon Musk’s Starship Doomed?No one doubts that rocket tests mean failures, but the question for Starship is this: Is it just having extended teething pains, or are its failures a symptom of a fundamentally unworkable design that will never be fixed?
Reuters reports that the Trump administration is actively seeking to reduce the United States government’s reliance on SpaceX. New partners are being sought to help construct the ‘Golden Dome’ missile defense system. SpaceX is already a major player in US military contracts, with Starlink and Starshield satellites around the world.
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Where Does Elon Musk Live? These Are the Properties of the World’s Richest ManThe billionaire recently stirred up trouble for disregarding local regulations in his small neighborhood in West Lake Hills, Texas
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Futurism on MSNElon Now Facing the Possibility That SpaceX Will Never Get Starship WorkingSpaceX is ten full-scale test launches into developing its enormous, nearly 400-feet-tall Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built. Over the last two and a half years, we've seen over half a dozen spectacular explosions.