Here’s the deal: SpaceX, as you may know, is making good on its promise to make access to space cheaper and more reliable. Their Falcon 9 rocket is putting payloads into orbit for less money than the big government contractors charge.
As one might expect, government officials who have such contractors in their own districts and states are unhappy with this. And apparently some are willing to smear SpaceX as retribution.
I called all three congresmens offices and gave them a hard time. Their representatives could provide no reason why they had turned their backs on conservative values. Give them a call and rattle their cage. Remember the alternative to space x is the Russians, call em pinko commie sympathist and RINO's.
I've flown Aeroflot for the last three years, and they lost my luggage three times. There's no way I'm going back, calling the congressmen now.
Ain't no boondoggle like a space boondoggle. If I had to guess, this is an opening salvo to get Elon Musk to donate to Maxine Waters or some other "ally" in congress. he doesn't spend much personally and when you compare SpaceX's campaign contributions with Boeing or the United Launch Alliance, that dude owes some payola. ULA also likes to bone SpaceX on the pad. SpaceX had to forfeit a $20m deposit because ULA kept a Delta IV just sitting on SLC-4 to keep SpaceX from using it.