The FAA under Whitaker had proposed $633,000 in fines against SpaceX for failing to follow its license requirements during two launches in 2023. Cantwell said Musk “worked hard to get Mr ...
A progressive watchdog group is calling for an investigation into whether President Donald Trump’s promotion of a meme coin violated federal law. “The dangers inherent in the Trump meme ...
former FAA administrator Michael Whitaker announced that the FAA would delay a scheduled launch of a SpaceX rocket. Musk called for Whitaker to resign on a number of occasions, and the FAA ...
Tesla CEO, SpaceX founder and South Africa-born billionaire Elon Musk is officially a “special” federal employee, which allows him to work for the federal government with or without pay for a ...
Meanwhile, SpaceX seems to be paying the price for the latest launch's explosion. The Federal Aviation Administration grounded Starship and directed SpaceX to investigate the incident. " ...
Recently, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) required SpaceX to perform a mishap investigation into the loss of their Starship vehicle during the private firm’s launch operations on Jan ...
So far, the FAA hasn't budged on its requirement for an investigation, an agency spokesperson told Ars on Friday. After a preliminary assessment of flight data, SpaceX officials said a fire ...
Well, since that's exactly what he's done at Twitter, I don't know why to expect this would be any different. And while it definitely seems like Trump is just trying to prove he is a dictator by ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration on Monday said SpaceX must investigate why the second stage of its workhorse Falcon 9 rocket malfunctioned after a NASA astronaut ...
For example, one post (archived) on X implied that Whitaker's departure had been a result of Musk retaliating for a fine the FAA slapped on SpaceX the year before: The post had amassed 2.6 million ...