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One Agency Tried to Regulate SpaceX. Now Its Fate Could Be in Elon Musk's Hands

ProPublica

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    ProPublica documented that FAA's commercial-space office had proposed $633,000 in SpaceX fines and grounded Starship after an explosion when Musk, who had demanded regulatory reform and the FAA chief's resignation, took a central DOGE role; the article did not document a completed DOGE cut to that office.

    Passages and source records documenting: Musk gained influence over the FAA office licensing and fining SpaceX

    Musk gained influence over the FAA office licensing and fining SpaceX · FAA commercial-space staff faced DOGE review while SpaceX pursued 25 Starship launches