The Trump-Musk relationship quickly deteriorated, threatening SpaceX contracts.
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In what might be a serious rupture in the foundation of the U.S. space industry, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and U.S. President Donald Trump launched broadsides against each other on social media and in front of the press in early June, escalating a fight over deficit spending in the “Big Beautiful Bill.”...
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