The Inspiration4 zero-G indicator, with all proceeds going toward St. Jude, is pretty cute. Out of stock at the moment, but plan to order one as a commemorative to the 1st private orbital flight.
Posted on 09/20/2021 4:58:08 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk mocked President Joe Biden on Sunday for neglecting to praise his aerospace company's historic, all-civilian mission to orbit. Musk recently said he would prefer to stay out of politics. But Sunday’s quip — which alluded to a Trump taunt about Biden — belied his frustration with the White House.
After SpaceX completed a historic, private spaceflight on Saturday, CEO Elon Musk took a pot shot at President Joe Biden who had yet to remark on the company's and the civilian flight crew's accomplishments.
One of Musk's 60 million followers on the social networking platform Twitter asked him, "The President of the United States has refused to even acknowledge the 4 newest American astronauts who helped raise hundreds of millions of dollars for St. Jude. What's your theory on why that is?"
Musk replied, "He's still sleeping."
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As CNBC previously reported, SpaceX safely returned its Crew Dragon spacecraft from orbit yesterday. The capsule carried the four members of the Inspiration4 mission back to Earth after three days in space.
One major goal of the Inspiration4 mission was to raise $200 million for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. It had raised $160.2 million by Saturday. Celebrating after Inspiration4 splashed down, Musk pledged to contribute $50 million personally — pushing the campaign's total raised to $210 million.
The White House and SpaceX did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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Should I expect FAA reprisals.
What about Elon, does he understand that this administration will go after his rocket company?
Focus on Mars, Elon. You don’t want this a$$hole to have your number.
The only thing the Left wants out of space is a bunch of compliant Leftists in NASA slorping at the public trough.
The Inspiration4 zero-G indicator, with all proceeds going toward St. Jude, is pretty cute. Out of stock at the moment, but plan to order one as a commemorative to the 1st private orbital flight.
I’ve heard Biden comment before about how much more important what he does (i.e. political parasite) is than what doctors etc. do. This is precisely the problem. Politicians, and those whose careers are linked to politics, believe they are above everyone else in the world. Of course Biden is not going to celebrate the accomplishments of someone outside of politics who actually genuinely achieved something meaningful. That would go against the narrative.
Exactly. He’s having trouble getting faa permission to launch his orbital starship. This won’t help.
Yep, his companies will be subject to attacks from every three letter agency of King Joe’s realm....
Respect of Biden indicates severe mental problems.
Period.
The Biden Administration and the Deep State is just looking for an opportunity to crush SpaceX.
Business Success cannot be permitted.
I include the “traditional aerospace companies (Lockheed Marten, Boeing, et al) in the “Deep State”! They have been in an unholy alliance with the bureaucracy and politicians, fleecing the American Taxpayer.
I expect the FAA will try to ground Starship.
Joe Biden has nothing to say because Joe Bifen never got a handout!!
Guess Elon didn’t send the Big Guy his 10%.
This actually warms my heart. St. Jude does amazing things. And to think this mercy hospital was the brainchild of an actor/comedian who asked The Lord to help him make St. Jude a reality and worked the rest of his life fulfilling his goal.
The mold was broken when God put Danny Thomas on this planet. His parents were Maronite Catholics from Lebanon.
FAA appears to have been slow-walking approvals for his SN20 Starship orbital launch. Expect it to get worse.
With what?
What real alternatives does Dementia Joe have?
Musk has been doing that for 20 years.
That's what the Starship and the Superheavy are about.
Biden and the Democrats hate progress and now will use their corrupted government against Musk. It’s how they are.
I don’t think he has alternatives, I just think he wants to dismantle any opposition.
The SpaceX Starship has never flown. It's not even ready to launch yet.
And if Dementia Joe starts to act up, Musk could always launch his rockets from French Guyana, which is where the French/Europeans launch their rockets from.
After all Texas is much closer to Guyana than Europe is.
Not to mention, the very first three SpaceX rockets were launched far from America anyways.
Which will have zero effect on Musk's companies.
Nobody has been able to effectively do that anywhere. Not even Joseph Stalin.
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