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[Eric Berger] Why is Elon Musk talking to Vladimir Putin, and what does it mean for SpaceX? (arstechnica.com)

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[–] ptfrd@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

Yeah. One possibility is that SpaceX were indeed underperforming, and the story was placed to put public pressure on them to improve. (A bit like the 2019-09-27 Bridenstine tweet.)