Elon Musk’s satellite business Starlink may not have officially taken over Verizon’s $2.4 billion contract with the Federal Aviation Administration yet to upgrade the systems it uses to manage America’s airspace. However, on Friday, FAA officials ordered staff to begin finding tens of millions of dollars for a Starlink deal, …
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Days after Elon Musk and his so-called Department of Government Efficiency cut hundreds of jobs at the Federal Aviation Administration — including critical safety roles — his company, SpaceX, has secured a contract with the agency to use Musk’s Starlink satellite internet to help manage U.S. airspace. Yes, it’s a …
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You don’t need a degree in rocket science to know that Elon Musk’s ego is as fragile as a Tesla in sub-zero temperatures. On Thursday, the billionaire’s temper was on full display after he blew up at an astronaut and former SpaceX pilot who called him out on an obvious …
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Republican Gov. Chris Sununu said that Elon Musk is “so rich” that he is “removed from the potential financial influence” when it comes to conflicts of interest related to his future work in government. In other words, Musk is too wealthy to possibly use his forthcoming government position to further …
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NASA and Boeing have avoided the terms “stuck” and “stranded,” but either way, two astronauts are still in space long after they planned to be. Sunita “Suni” Williams, the mission’s pilot, and Barry “Butch” Wilmore, the mission’s commander, left for the International Space Station in Starliner on June 5. The …
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SpaceX and CEO Elon Musk were hit with another lawsuit on Wednesday by eight former employees alleging Musk personally ordered their firing after they raised concerns about sexual harassment and discrimination against women at the company. SpaceX fired the workers in 2022 after they wrote and circulated a letter denouncing …
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SpaceX has been accused of illegally firing eight employees for sharing an open letter that was critical of the company’s CEO Elon Musk. According to allegations outlined in a complaint filed by a regional office of the National Labor Relations Board on Wednesday, SpaceX fired the workers in 2022 after …
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Tuesday saw the release of Elon Musk, author Walter Isaacson’s mammoth new biography of the controversial tech mogul, and hardly a chapter of the nearly 700-page book goes by without a weird anecdote about the Tesla and SpaceX CEO’s eccentric, sometimes self-destructive behavior. We are treated to insights about volatile …
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The United States Department of Justice’s civil rights division has filed an employment discrimination lawsuit against SpaceX, Elon Musk‘s space exploration company, alleging that it discriminated against asylees and refugees in its hiring practices. According to the suit, between September 2018 and May 2022, SpaceX allegedly “discouraged asylees and refugees …
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On June 12th, the Nat Geo documentary The Space Race will premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival before dropping later this year on Disney+. Directed by Emmy winner Diego Hurtado de Mendoza and Lisa Cortés (Little Richard: I Am Everything), the doc explores the contributions Black people made to NASA …
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