50 h. ago Trump’s new commercial spaceflight order could benefit Musk’s SpaceX

The executive order will streamline federal regulation governing commercial rocket launches

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59 h. ago Trump orders relaxed rules for rocket launches, appearing to benefit Musk and Bezos

Companies like SpaceX and Blue Horizon may be able to forgo reviews required under National Environmental Policy Act Donald Trump is looking to relax environmental rules for commercial spaceship companies. In an executive order titled “enabling competition in the commercial space industry” that he signed on Wednesday, he said it’s imperative to national security that the private rocket-ship industry increase launches “substantially” by 2030.That would mean, according to the executive order, that those companies may be able to forgo the environmental reviews that are required under the National Environmental Policy Act (Nepa). Private space companies are required to get launch permits from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). And, as part of that process, companies are subject to review under the National Environmental Policy Act. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Musk says he plans to sue Apple for not featuring X or Grok among its top apps

Billionaire SpaceX, Tesla and X owner Elon Musk says he plans to sue Apple for not featuring X and its Grok artificial intelligence chatbot app in its top recommended apps in its App Store

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5 d. ago JD Vance wants Elon Musk back in White House but jokes Tesla boss ‘won’t take his calls’

JD Vance has revealed he wants Elon Musk to return to the White House but joked the SpaceX CEO “won’t take his calls”.

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1 week ago OpenAI in talks on share sale that would price it at more than Musk’s SpaceX

If transaction goes ahead value of ChatGPT developer would rise to $500bnBusiness live – latest updatesOpenAI is reportedly in early talks about a sale of shares held by current and former employees that would price the ChatGPT developer at half a trillion dollars, overtaking Elon Musk’s SpaceX in valuation.If the transaction goes ahead, the value of the San Francisco-based company would rise by about two-thirds, from $300bn (£225bn). The valuation would exceed that of Musk’s rocket company, which is currently worth $350bn and is reportedly circling a $400bn price tag in a new fundraising. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Trump pits ‘HOTTEST’ Sydney Sweeney against ‘No longer hot’ Taylor Swift in anti

President Trump praises the Euphoria actress’s ‘fantastic’ American Eagle commercial, which some critics condemn as promoting ‘eugenic ideals’

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1 week ago ‘Woke is for losers’: Trump swoons over ‘HOTTEST’ Sydney Sweeney as he calls Taylor Swift ‘No Longer Hot’

President Trump praises the Euphoria actress’s ‘fantastic’ American Eagle commercial, which some critics condemn as promoting ‘eugenic ideals’

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1 week ago Trump gushes over controversial Sydney Sweeney jeans ad – after hearing she’s a registered Republican

President Trump praises the Euphoria actress’s ‘fantastic’ American Eagle commercial, which some critics condemn as promoting ‘eugenic ideals’

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3 w. ago Trump's attempt to terminate Musk's contracts backfires as review reveals NASA's reliance on SpaceX

Trump suggested on Truth Social the government could save money by 'terminating' government contracts with Musk's companies, which would force him to 'head back home to South Africa.'

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last month Inside Elon Musk’s plan to rain SpaceX’s rocket debris over Hawaii’s pristine waters

Texas has long been under threat from the launches and explosions of SpaceX rockets. Now Hawaii is emerging as another possible victimThe north-west Hawaiian island of Mokumanamana is said to be touched by the gods. Bisected by the Tropic of Cancer latitude line, it is deep in the Pacific Ocean, about 400 miles from Honolulu. The island’s steep rocky cliffs give way to indigo blue waters dotted with monk seals and stony coral. No humans have lived on Mokumanamana, but it has the world’s highest density of ancient Hawaiian religious sites.“It sits as a boundary between what Native Hawaiians refer to as ‘pō’, the darkness, and ‘au’, the light,” said William Aila, the former chair of Hawaii’s department of land and natural resources. “When a Hawaiian passes, their soul makes its way from wherever it is in the main Hawaiian Islands, up to the North-western Hawaiian Islands. And at that juncture, at pō, they’re met by their ancestors.” As Aila tells it, if a person has been good, they ca...

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