Elon Musk’s SpaceX Took Money Directly From Chinese Investors, Company Insider Testifies
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The newly unsealed testimony marks the first time direct Chinese investment in the company has been disclosed, raising new questions about foreign ownership interests in one of America’s most important military contractors.
https://www.propublica.org/article/elon-musk-spacex-china-investors-court-testimony?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #ElonMusk #SpaceX #China #Musk #Business #Law

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Took Money Directly From Chinese Investors, Company Insider Testifies
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The newly unsealed testimony marks the first time direct Chinese investment in the company has been disclosed, raising new questions about foreign ownership interests in one of America’s most important military contractors.
https://www.propublica.org/article/elon-musk-spacex-china-investors-court-testimony?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #ElonMusk #SpaceX #China #Musk #Business #Law

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Took Money Directly From Chinese Investors, Company Insider Testifies
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The newly unsealed testimony marks the first time direct Chinese investment in the company has been disclosed, raising new questions about foreign ownership interests in one of America’s most important military contractors.
https://www.propublica.org/article/elon-musk-spacex-china-investors-court-testimony?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #ElonMusk #SpaceX #China #Musk #Business #Law

Before and after the 2024 election, Elon Musk made it clear he disliked environmental regulations and considered them a barrier to innovation.

His companies, from Boring Co. to xAI, have been accused of finding ways to sidestep regulations. Here's what to know:
https://www.propublica.org/article/elon-musk-environmental-regulations?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#ElonMusk #Environment #Regulation #Business #SpaceX #Tesla #Musk

Before and after the 2024 election, Elon Musk made it clear he disliked environmental regulations and considered them a barrier to innovation.

His companies, from Boring Co. to xAI, have been accused of finding ways to sidestep regulations. Here's what to know:
https://www.propublica.org/article/elon-musk-environmental-regulations?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#ElonMusk #Environment #Regulation #Business #SpaceX #Tesla #Musk

Pilot dies after plane carrying nearly 200kg of SpaceX-branded cocaine crashes in remote Brazil | The Independent

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/pilot-crash-brazil-plane-cocaine-spacex-b2827594.html

#spacex #brazil

After three test flights that fell short of the mark, #SpaceX put its #Starship super-rocket through a successful test mission that featured a first-of-its-kind payload deployment. Now I have this strange desire for a Pez candy dispenser. https://cosmiclog.com/2025/08/26/spacexs-starship-goes-the-distance-in-10th-test-flight/#Space

Starlink tries to block Virginia’s plan to bring fiber Internet to residents

Starlink operator SpaceX is fighting Virginia's plan to deploy fiber Internet service to residents, claiming that federal grant money should be given to Starlink instead. SpaceX is already in line to win over $3 million in grant money in the state but is seeking $60 million.

#Virgina #starlink #spacex #internet #fiber #technology #tech

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/08/starlink-tries-to-block-virginias-plan-to-bring-fiber-internet-to-residents/

Starlink tries to block Virginia’s plan to bring fiber Internet to residents

Starlink operator SpaceX is fighting Virginia's plan to deploy fiber Internet service to residents, claiming that federal grant money should be given to Starlink instead. SpaceX is already in line to win over $3 million in grant money in the state but is seeking $60 million.

#Virgina #starlink #spacex #internet #fiber #technology #tech

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/08/starlink-tries-to-block-virginias-plan-to-bring-fiber-internet-to-residents/

I’ve spent a significant part of my professional life in the satellite industry, and in recent years I’ve been increasingly troubled by the explosion in development and deployment of large constellations of small satellites in low earth orbit (LEO). This excellent (long read) article sets out all the reasons why, especially the effects on launch capacity, frequency spectrum regulation, and avoidance of physical and electronic interference.

https://www.thespacereview.com/article/5044/1

#Space#Satellite#LEO#SpaceX

Trump Administration Looking to Slash Environmental Protection Rules for Rocket Launches
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A draft executive order viewed by ProPublica directs the secretary of transportation to “use all available authorities to eliminate or expedite” environmental reviews for launch licenses — a change Elon Musk’s SpaceX and others have long sought.

https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-musk-spacex-rocket-launch-environmental-regulation-rollback?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News#Environment#Aviation #SpaceX #Space#ElonMusk#Regulation#Trump

During a pivotal push by #Ukraine to retake territory from #Russia in late Sept 2022, #ElonMusk gave an order that disrupted the counteroffensive & dented Kyiv’s trust in #Starlink, the satellite internet service Musk provided to help Ukraine’s military maintain battlefield connectivity.

Acc/to 3 people familiar with the command, #Musk told a senior engineer at the California offices of #SpaceX to cut coverage in areas including #Kherson, a strategic region north of the #BlackSea.

During a pivotal push by #Ukraine to retake territory from #Russia in late Sept 2022, #ElonMusk gave an order that disrupted the counteroffensive & dented Kyiv’s trust in #Starlink, the satellite internet service Musk provided to help Ukraine’s military maintain battlefield connectivity.

Acc/to 3 people familiar with the command, #Musk told a senior engineer at the California offices of #SpaceX to cut coverage in areas including #Kherson, a strategic region north of the #BlackSea.

<https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/23/opinion_column_starlink_interference/>

# Musk is messing with the Cosmic Dawn. Will alien hunters save the day for all mankind?

## Science friction at the far end of time for SpaceX and astronomy

"Elon Musk's Starlink flying circus is many things. It's a multi-thousand satellite global internet provider, growing by hundreds of new orbiting relays a month. It's part of intricate geopolitical power games between the Pentagon, the US government, Ukraine, and Musk himself.

"It loves photobombing astronomy photographs, as the satellites drift across fields of view that were intended to snap distant starlight. But for its latest trick, it's humming loudly over the faintest whispers from the dawn of the universe. …"

#Starlink#SpaceX#SETI

The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump is expanding its search for partners to build the Golden Dome missile defense system as tensions with billionaire Elon Musk threaten SpaceX's dominance in the program. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/23/tech/trump-golden-dome-musk-spacex/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #spacex #us #donaldtrump #republicans #elonmusk #amazon #defense #missiles

There’s a new warning to be found in the tender offer for Elon Musk’s SpaceX: The billionaire may not be done with politics yet. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/23/tech/spacex-investors-musk-us-politics/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #spacex #elonmusk #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs #republicans

Trump Administration Looking to Slash Environmental Protection Rules for Rocket Launches
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A draft executive order viewed by ProPublica directs the secretary of transportation to “use all available authorities to eliminate or expedite” environmental reviews for launch licenses — a change Elon Musk’s SpaceX and others have long sought.

https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-musk-spacex-rocket-launch-environmental-regulation-rollback?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News#Environment#Aviation #SpaceX #Space#ElonMusk#Regulation#Trump