FAA Seeks to Fine SpaceX $633K for Breaking Rules With Falcon 9 Launches

By Michael Kan Published by PC Magazine, 17 September 2024 The proposed fine comes a week after SpaceX criticized US government regulators for delaying its next Starship launch. UPDATE: Elon Musk is now threatening to sue over the proposed fine, alleging "improper, politically motivated behavior" from the FAA. Original Story:A

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Elon Musk now controls two thirds of all active satellites

By Anthony Cuthburtson, Published by The Independent, 7 September 2024 SpaceX’s Starlink network is growing by an average of three satellites per day Elon Musk now controls nearly two thirds of all active satellites orbiting Earth following the launch of the 7,000th Starlink satellite this week. The internet satellite constellation,

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Elon Musk’s Mars colony plan is ‘dangerous illusion’, says Astronomer Royal

Image: Mars Daily stock illustration By Sarah Knapton, Published by The Telegraph, 27 March 2024 Prof Lord Martin Rees suggests it is easier to solve climate change on Earth than escape to another planet Elon Musk is harbouring a “dangerous illusion” that a colony can be established on Mars, the Astronomer Royal

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Elon Musk and the SpaceX Gang Are Working on a Shadowy Project for the U.S. Government

By Darren Orf, Published by Popular Mechanics, 22 March 2024 SpaceX has been hard at work creating a satellite reconnaissance system for the U.S. government. This collaboration was first reported back in 2021, when Reuters revealed new details about the $1.8 billion Starshield project, saying that SpaceX was creating a

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Elon Musk’s Shadow Rule

By Ronan Farrow, Published by The New Yorker, 28 August 2023 How the U.S. government came to rely on the tech billionaire—and is now struggling to rein him in. Last October, Colin Kahl, then the Under-Secretary of Defense for Policy at the Pentagon, sat in a hotel in Paris and

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