Elon Musk, Trump and SpaceX
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The fallout between the president and the rocket maker’s billionaire founder threatened the company’s multibillion-dollar agreements with the government.
The White House directed the Defense Department and NASA to gather details on billions of dollars in SpaceX contracts following the blowout between President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk.
White House reviewing SpaceX contracts as Trump-Musk spat loses steam: report Pentagon officials are also considering whether to reduce the role that SpaceX may have in a new U.S. 'Golden Dome ...
The new award is part of a contract SpaceX notched back in 2020 to support NASA’s development of a “Human Landing System (HLS) Integrated Lander.” That initial agreement was supposed to end ...
Elon Musk has said that he's formed a new political party, but it's unclear what steps — if any — he's taken to do so, or how the effort might affect upcoming elections. Musk has not yet released any additional information. Spokespeople for Musk and his political action committee, America PAC, didn’t immediately comment Monday.
From space travel to military operations to the future of green energy, the U.S. has become reliant on Elon Musk's business empire. But it won't be easy for the government to end its reliance on Musk.
Elon Musk savaged as SpaceX gets new $40m defense contract amid his cutting of federal spending ‘Hey, @elonmusk, I found some corruption for DOGE to take a look at,’ on X user quipped
5 things to know for Aug. 27: SpaceX launch, Presidential debate, Campus homicide, Ukraine, Ice cave collapse By Alexandra Banner , CNN 5 minute read
While SpaceX has spent more on political lobbying than Blue Origin, ... SpaceX was awarded a $2.9 billion contract by NASA in April to help take US astronauts back to the moon.
SpaceX just stomped the competition for a new contract—that’s not great NASA wants a "robust" commercial space community. But it has a long way to go.