The billionaire’s company, SpaceX, is set to secure federal government contracts partly because his allies now hold government jobs. Supporters say he has the best tech.
Donald Trump, then-president-elect, and Elon Musk at the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket in November. AP
Within the Trump administration’s Defence Department, Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocketry is being trumpeted as the nifty new way the Pentagon could move military cargo rapidly around the world.
In the Commerce Department, SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet service will now be fully eligible for the federal government’s $US42 billion ($67 billion) rural broadband push, after being largely shut out during the Biden era.
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