Objective = Money + Power - One Agency Tried to Regulate #SpaceX. Now Its Fate Could Be in #ElonMusk Hands. #Trump ally and #DOGE chief is expected to turn his #budget-slashing sights on the #FAA little-known commercial #spaceflight office, which has proposed #fines and grounded SpaceX after explosions and other incidents. #space #safety #transportation #contracts #dangerous #rocket #program https://www.propublica.org/article/elon-musk-spacex-doge-faa-ast-regulation-spaceflight-trump #commercial #space #transportation #AST #billionaires #politics #government
#Musk has incentive here to protect the agency and expand its budget, if anything, since the company relies on affirmative action from the agency to operate.
Should the agency be defunded SpaceX will be left without licensing to operate.
ProPublica all too often goes for sensational takes rather than realistic ones.
