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#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
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, 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….
