Right... so he could also, for example, decide that Starship will only take MAGA astronauts to the moon. And that's why taxpayer funds should not be used for developing Starship.
No he can't because the US is paying for that, it is the government's mission. And fwiw now the gray area of free starlink in Ukraine also taken care of, the US government is handling that contracting like they do with all weapons systems. Before starlink was made available for free in Ukraine for humanitarian purposes, but the military also obviously found good uses for it before the gray areas were resolved.
Anyway, I’ve been paying close attention to current politics and listening to alarm bells being rung from historians all around the world. Reality, as defined by the current administration, is not based on science or verifiable facts; That’s not the reality I want to subscribe to.
Elon Musk went head over heels to support this administration. Starlink contracts are being cancelled by large foreign governments for a reason. SpaceX only exists because of US government subsidies.
What am I missing so far?
That's insane. We used to have a rule on the Internet for people like you.
I'm no Trump fan, and people making alarmist statements like yours only help people like him get elected.
So, you know, stop. Especially if you think they're Nazis.
SpaceX exists because the US wants access to space and they are the cheapest way to space in history. They can continue to exist because starlink and their commercial launch services are massively profitable.