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“… Musk’s posturing has also raised concerns about his own conflicts of interest, especially considering his apparent control over government spending.
In July, NASA awarded SpaceX a nearly $1 billion contract to manage the decommissioning and return to earth of the ISS in 2030. Musk, who is currently wreaking havoc on the federal budget — including reviews of NASA’s spending — despite actively managing corporations benefiting from federal contracts, wrote Thursday amid his spat with Morgensen that the ISS’s decommissioning should be pushed forward to 2027.
“It is time to begin preparations for deorbiting the @Space_Station,” he wrote on X. It has served its purpose. There is very little incremental utility. Let’s go to Mars.”
Musk added that the decision would be “up to the President, but my recommendation is as soon as possible.”
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So much of Musk’s obsession with shutting down as much of the government as possible is to redirect as many resources as possible to his personal obsession with going to Mars — so long as his taxes don’t go up to pay for it.
In July, NASA awarded SpaceX a nearly $1 billion contract to manage the decommissioning and return to earth of the ISS in 2030. Musk, who is currently wreaking havoc on the federal budget — including reviews of NASA’s spending — despite actively managing corporations benefiting from federal contracts, wrote Thursday amid his spat with Morgensen that the ISS’s decommissioning should be pushed forward to 2027.
“It is time to begin preparations for deorbiting the @Space_Station,” he wrote on X. It has served its purpose. There is very little incremental utility. Let’s go to Mars.”
Musk added that the decision would be “up to the President, but my recommendation is as soon as possible.”

Musk Blows Up at Astronaut for Calling Out His Space Station Lie
Elon Musk attacked astronaut Andreas Mogensen after the pilot called out his lies about two astronauts stuck at the International Space Station.

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So much of Musk’s obsession with shutting down as much of the government as possible is to redirect as many resources as possible to his personal obsession with going to Mars — so long as his taxes don’t go up to pay for it.