Sure DOES…..
Elon and Donald ain’t getting along…
This points to the old thing about NOT putting ALL your eggs in ONE Basket…..
Musk later recanted his threat. But it alarmed officials at NASA, which entrusts SpaceX with the lives of its astronauts, and at the Pentagon, which relies heavily on the company to launch its most sensitive satellites.
The worried reaction within space and national security agencies highlights the risks of the government’s heavy dependence on SpaceX for crucial tasks, including classified missions. SpaceX, with billions of dollars in government contracts, flies people and cargo to the ISS, launches satellites for the Pentagon and develops satellites used by intelligence agencies. The concerns are compounded by the fact that its competitors have been slow to catch up, leaving SpaceX’s dominance largely unchallenged and the government with few options…
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The rift between Musk and Trump was also fueled by the White House’s withdrawal of Jared Isaacman’s nomination to be NASA Administrator. Isaacman had flown to space twice with SpaceX, and was seen as closely aligned with Musk.
SpaceX did not respond to a request for comment.
Since Thursday’s exchange, at least three commercial space companies, RocketLab, Stoke Space and Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin, were contacted by government officials about the status of their rockets and when they might be available for government missions, according to four people familiar with the inquiries. (Bezos owns The Washington Post.)
Officials at Sierra Space, which is developing a Dream Chaser spaceplane that could deliver cargo to the space station, were in a meeting with NASA officials on Thursday as the Trump-Musk feud was getting underway….
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