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How Elon Musk’s SpaceX Secretly Allows Investment From China
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As a U.S. military contractor, SpaceX sees allowing Chinese ownership as fraught. But it will allow the investment if it comes through secrecy hubs like the Cayman Islands, court records say. “It is certainly a policy of obfuscation,” an expert said.
https://www.propublica.org/article/elon-musk-spacex-allows-china-investment-cayman-islands-secrecy?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
ProPublicaHow Elon Musk’s SpaceX Secretly Allows Investment From China
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The #SpaceX #Falcon9 #RocketPlume was captured on 3 of our #RaspberryPi #MeteorCameras, #auroracam + #AllSkyCamera. I've put the clips into one video with extra DSLR photos. Oxfordshire, UK 19:55-20:05UT 24 March '25. Watch here: https://youtu.be/-BH_Eg4hWaw
"A large glowing spiral visible in the night sky on Monday is believed to have been caused by a #SpaceX rocket launch in the US. The cloud-like shape was visible for several minutes above the UK and elsewhere in Europe before fading."
www.bbc.comSpaceX launch: Glowing spiral seen above UK skiesThe shape is thought to be the result of leftover fuel released into space as the Falcon 9 rocket returned to Earth.
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The Importance of Being SpaceX
#Tesla might be suffering, but SpaceX is poised to profit off billions in new government contracts
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/us/politics/musk-spacex.html
" #SpaceX is positioning itself to win billions in new federal contracts from the #Pentagon, the Federal #Aviation Admn, the Federal #Communications Commission and #NASA...The scale of the #business is staggering, as is the potential for #conflicts of interest."
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Musk Is Positioned to Profit Off Billions in New Govt Contracts
The boost in federal spending for SpaceX will come in part as a result of actions by Trump & Elon Musk’s allies & employees who hold #government positions...
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/23/us/politics/spacex-contracts-musk-doge-trump.html
"At NASA, after repeated nudges by #Musk, the agency is being squeezed to turn its focus to Mars, allowing #SpaceX to pursue federal contracts...
And at the #FAA & the White House... #Starlink satellite dishes have recently been installed"
#watse #fraud #abuse #corruption In Plain Sight. No not from Dept of Education, Social Security, or #medicaid. This is 100% #doge #Musk #maga #billionaires #power #corrupts #absolutely #politics We are not a #democracy no #constitution This is #Despotism Plundering our #government. Musk Positioned to Profit Off #Billions in New Government Contracts. The boost in federal spending for #SpaceX will come in part as a result of actions by #Trump and Elon Musk’s allies who control govt agencies. #DOD
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#Musk, as the architect of a group he called the Dept of Govt *Efficiency*, has taken a chain saw to the apparatus of governing, spurring #chaos & dread by pushing out some 100k #FederalWorkers & shutting down various agencies, though the govt has not been consistent in explaining the expanse of his #power.
But in selected spots across the govt, #SpaceX is positioning itself to see billions in new federal contracts or other support….
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At #NASA, after repeated nudges by #Musk, the agency is being squeezed to turn its focus to #Mars, allowing #SpaceX to pursue federal contracts to deliver the first humans to the distant planet.
And at the #FAA & the White House itself, #Starlink satellite dishes have recently been installed, to expand federal government internet access.
#Musk Is Positioned to Profit Off Billions in New Government Contracts
Within the #Trump admin’s #Defense Dept, #ElonMusk’s #SpaceX rocketry is being trumpeted as the nifty new way the #Pentagon could move #military cargo rapidly around the globe.
In the #Commerce Dept, SpaceX’s #Starlink satellite internet service will now be fully eligible for the federal govt’s $42B rural #broadband push, after being largely shut out during the #Biden era.
#kleptocracy #broligarchy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/23/us/politics/spacex-contracts-musk-doge-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=E7E65CB6-8C02-416C-97B6-4C61119E4373
The New York Times · Musk’s SpaceX Could Secure Billions in New Contracts Under Trump
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Starlink at the White House
https://www.muskwatch.com/i/159516805/starlink-at-the-white-house
" #Starlink, a satellite #internet provider owned by #SpaceX, has been installed on the #WhiteHouse campus...
bizarre arrangement that provides no clear #technical benefit, as internet speeds from Starlink’s satellites are easily outclassed by its terrestrial competitors. Jake Williams, a #cybersecurity expert... “It introduces another attack point,” Williams said. “But why introduce that risk?”
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Starlink at the White House
Starlink, a satellite internet provider owned by SpaceX, has been installed on the White House campus, according to a Monday report from the New York Times:
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Starlink terminals, rectangular panels that receive internet signals beamed from SpaceX satellites in low-Earth orbit, can be placed on physical structures. But instead of being physically placed at the White House, the Starlink system is now said to be routed through a White House data center, with existing fiber cables, miles from the complex. White House officials said the installation was an effort to increase internet availability at the complex. They said that some areas of the property could not get cell service and that the existing Wi-Fi infrastructure was overtaxed… White House officials said that Starlink had “donated” the service and that the gift had been vetted by the lawyer overseeing ethics issues in the White House Counsel’s Office.
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This is a bizarre arrangement that provides no clear technical benefit, as internet speeds from Starlink’s satellites are easily outclassed by its terrestrial competitors. Jake Williams, a cybersecurity expert who spoke to the Times, said he had never heard of the government doing anything like it. “It introduces another attack point,” Williams said. “But why introduce that risk?”](https://assets.newsie.social/media_attachments/files/114/207/655/208/283/567/original/1d6e63f4abc0974b.png "Sub-heading and text:
Starlink at the White House
Starlink, a satellite internet provider owned by SpaceX, has been installed on the White House campus, according to a Monday report from the New York Times:
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Starlink terminals, rectangular panels that receive internet signals beamed from SpaceX satellites in low-Earth orbit, can be placed on physical structures. But instead of being physically placed at the White House, the Starlink system is now said to be routed through a White House data center, with existing fiber cables, miles from the complex. White House officials said the installation was an effort to increase internet availability at the complex. They said that some areas of the property could not get cell service and that the existing Wi-Fi infrastructure was overtaxed… White House officials said that Starlink had “donated” the service and that the gift had been vetted by the lawyer overseeing ethics issues in the White House Counsel’s Office.
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This is a bizarre arrangement that provides no clear technical benefit, as internet speeds from Starlink’s satellites are easily outclassed by its terrestrial competitors. Jake Williams, a cybersecurity expert who spoke to the Times, said he had never heard of the government doing anything like it. “It introduces another attack point,” Williams said. “But why introduce that risk?”")
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Elon Musk meets defence officials in Pentagon visit
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0mw7wr0gp9o
" #ElonMusk has visited the #Pentagon for briefings that have sparked debate... that he would be given an overview of #American plans in the event of #war with #China...
an unusual level of access for the #Tesla & #SpaceX CEO, whose companies hold billions of dollars in federal defence contracts...
#Tesla, Musk's electric vehicle company, has 2 facilities in Shanghai, #China"
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Bet you China not only get to the Moon before Gilead does, but they are radical enough to put a Woman up there.
Remember though, Women voted to be Second Class citizens, Trump couldn't have got into power with their help, their racism, their greed, their ignorance
Suddenly, I do not care of the boondoggle of Artemis ever takes off the ground now. It relies on the Starship working, so it may not
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Pentagon Set Up Briefing for Musk on Potential War With China
The access would be a major expansion of Elon Musk’s govt role & highlight his conflicts of interest.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/us/politics/musk-pentagon-briefing-china-war-plan.html?unlocked_article_code=1.5k4.bz3w.1b2kvAcmfE90&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
"Musk’s #conflicts of interest... continuing to run businesses that are major #government contractors... #Musk... chief executive of both #SpaceX & #Tesla, is a leading supplier to the #Pentagon & has extensive financial interests in #China."
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It would also bring into sharp relief the questions about #Musk’s #ConflictsOfInterest as he ranges widely across the federal bureaucracy while continuing to run businesses that are major government contractors. In this case, Musk, the #billionaire chief executive of both #SpaceX & #Tesla, is a leading supplier to the #Pentagon & has EXTENSIVE FINANCIAL INTERESTS IN #CHINA.
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SpaceX investment summary:
• Elon Musk: Founder and CEO, 54%
• Founders Fund: 10.4%
• Fidelity Investments: 10.2%
• Google (Google Ventures):
7.5%
• Baillie Gifford and Valor Equity Partners
Based on info from Investopedia & Craft.co.
Founders Fund = Peter Thiel.
SpaceX owns Starlink.
#teslaTakedown #tesla #starlink #musk
#spaceX #elonMusk
Yum Brands is bringing Nvidia's AI to a Taco Bell drive-thru near you, EVs will make up 1⁄3 of Cadillac’s vehicle line up for 2025, and NASA returned astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams from space in a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule after Boeing wasn’t able to.
#tacobell #yumbrands #ai #nvidia #ev #cadillac #nasa #spacex #boeing
irl Media NEWS🌮 Yum Brands Is Bringing Nvidia's AI To A Taco Bell Drive-thru Near YouEVs will make up 1⁄3 of Cadillac’s vehicle line up for 2025, and NASA returned astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams from space in a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule after Boeing wasn’t able to