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SpaceX has provided an update on last night's major anomaly involving Starship 36, which was being fueled ahead of a planned Static Fire Test at Masseys site near Starbase, Texas.

Good advice from a longtime pro.

EXCLUSIVE: Pentagon's RDT&E budget revealed - Which next-gen systems get a cash influx in FY26? - Breaking Defense Breaking Defense obtained a copy of the Defense Department's FY26 budget request for RDT&E Programs. Here's what you should know.

Breaking Defense got the scoop on the admin's DoD RTD&E budget, both FY26 base and reconciliation. Surprise (not): Space Force is a big winner in the reconciliation stakes for Golden Dome related programs. breakingdefense.com/2025/06/excl...

Musk ruffled a lot of feathers with his threat to hold the ISS hostage — and not just at NASA. Chris nailed this one.

Elon Musk and Donald Trump Are Splitsville, Until They Aren’t

“What if, only days or hours from now, the president and Mr. Musk reconcile? … The story must change so the show can go on.

“Just don’t expect a trip to Mars anytime soon. Heaven can wait.

“It’s unclear why Trump asked [the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs], an Air Force general with no space background, to select the head of the nation’s civil space agency.”

Unclear indeed.

As pithy as any of @jfoust.bsky.social’s more crafted walkoffs.

Trump and Musk Are Fighting — and Space Is Caught in the Middle What else did you expect?

Nothing gold can stay.

It's a great week to be a curmudgeon.

Dead

Amazing. Respect the lede.

Article: Musk says SpaceX will decommission Dragon spacecraft after Trump threat. Shows a picture of a rocket on a launch pad

And this is why, friends, the first thing you learn about risk mitigation in business school, is that you don’t put all your eggs in one basket.

Thankfully we have* a stable, balanced, non-biased person at the helm of NASA to deal with this ….

* we do, right? RIGHT?!

Musk Walks Back Threat to Decommission SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft Elon Musk seemingly backed down from a threat to decommission SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft that ferries cargo and people to the International Space Station for the US, made during an escalation of a spat between the billionaire and President Donald Trump.

BREAKING: Elon Musk takes X user's advice to “cool off” and says he won’t decommission SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft, reversing earlier decision

It's like the Three-Body Problem, but it's the Two-Narcissists Problem

Insufferable hedge fund guy brokering peace between a pair of heinous toddlers is peak 2025

Musk-Trump dispute includes threats to SpaceX contracts An escalating feud between President Trump and Elon Musk June 5 included threats to cancel SpaceX contracts and decommission spacecraft, although those words have yet to become actions.

Musk-Trump dispute includes threats to SpaceX contracts

An escalating feud between President Trump and Elon Musk June 5 included threats to cancel SpaceX contracts and decommission spacecraft, although those words have yet to become actions.

How the Trump-Musk feud could change the equation for SpaceX and industry rivals What does the spat between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk mean for the rivals of Musk's SpaceX in the commercial space industry?

What impact will the Trump-Musk feud have on SpaceX and America's space effort? It's too early to say, but if this becomes a protracted war, other commercial space ventures could eventually fill the gap. www.geekwire.com/2025/trump-m...

AOC: “The girls are fighting, aren’t they?”

Musk goes scorched earth: Trump will cause recession, implies he should be impeached “The Trump tariffs will cause a recession in the second half of this year,” Musk wrote on X.

In this ridiculous villain face off, Elon playing the more loathsome bad guy might actually help Trump pass his bill. www.politico.com/news/2025/06...

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