{"id":7085,"date":"2025-10-24T07:29:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T07:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forefrontnews.cn\/?p=7085"},"modified":"2025-10-24T07:29:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T07:29:09","slug":"musk-goes-on-a-rampage-against-nasas-acting-administrator-who-gets-us-air-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/forefrontnews.cn\/?p=7085","title":{"rendered":"Musk goes on a rampage against NASA’s acting administrator, who gets US Air Rights?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Elon Musk, the billionaire founder of SpaceX, is once again in rampage mode, this time targeting Sean Duffy, the acting head of NASA.
\nOn October 21, local time, Elon Musk posted a series of posts on platform X calling Duffy a \u201cFool\u201d and accusing him of \u201cDestroying NASA.\u201d, \u201cThe man in charge of America’s space programme can not have an IQ in the double digits,\u201d he says with naked contempt.<\/p>\n

This isn’t over, musk continues to put out: \u201cCan a man whose greatest achievement is simply climbing trees manage America’s space program?\u201d He even offers two options for answering this question: \u201cYes, the ape has the best [ tree-climbing ] skills!\u201d and\u201cNo, he needs more brains!\u201d This is obviously a mockery of the acting director who used to be a professional lumberjack.<\/p>\n

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\nThe number one troll in Silicon Valley, with a post worthy of a pea shooter.
\nAfter months of silence, why is musk talking trash again? What did Duffy do wrong?
\nOn October 20, local time, NASA’s Acting Administrator Duffy publicly stated that SpaceX’s\u201cStarship\u201d spacecraft was behind schedule and that NASA would resume the bidding for a manned mission to the moon, other companies, including Bessus’s blue origins, were invited to compete.
\nThat’s not true. As the founder of SpaceX, Musk would never allow NASA to restart its bid for a manned moon mission. After all, SpaceX won the contract for the Artemis 3 mission to the Moon back in April 2021, and now that NASA is looking for an excuse to restart the bidding, it’s a slap in the face for Musk?
\nIt’s a wonder musk doesn’t jump.<\/p>\n

As for the opening comment that musk is\u201cOnce again\u201d in\u201cBerserker Mode,\u201d of course, it’s not the first time he’s made a snide comment.
\nJust five months ago, Musk, who had fallen out with Donald Trump over the big and Beautiful Act, unleashed a barrage of posts on social media site x attacking the act and its supporters, and left the US government in a huff.
\nSince then, Musk has been quiet on the internet for a long time.
\nYou think Elon Musk changed? No Way! He had a big one, and this time it went straight to\u201cRage Mode Plus.\u201d.<\/p>\n

See, on October 22, Elon Musk continued to \u201cBombard\u201d Duffy that \u201cHaving a NASA administrator who knows nothing about rockets or spacecraft would undermine the American space program and endanger our astronauts.\u201d. \u201cI’m not endorsing any particular candidate for NASA director. I’m just looking for someone with a triple-digit IQ.\u201d.
\nWell, here’s the thing!<\/p>\n

\u201cNot for any particular candidate\u201d? Then why is Musk singing and dancing?
\nThere’s no silver lining here.
\nBy now, the conspiracy behind the dispute has been revealed. What appears to be a technical dispute is actually a naked power struggle.
\nIndeed, Duffy’s sudden and high-profile announcement of the resumption of the bidding for the Moon mission was less a publicity stunt than a performance for \u201cOne man\u201d– President Donald Trump.
\nIn an interview with the media on the 20th, Duffy said publicly that, donald Trump \u201cWants the United States to return to the moon and establish a base there before the end of his current term, which is 1,186 days away, so we’re going to open the contract.\u201d.
\nDuffy made the move partly to \u201cShow his loyalty\u201d to Donald Trump and partly to keep his job as NASA’s acting administrator and try to \u201cMake it official.\u201d.
\nRemember, NASA is one of the most federally funded agencies in the United States, and the director’s position provides tremendous media exposure. Duffy is currently only acting director of NASA, and his tenure will end at the end of the year.
\nJared Isaacman, a billionaire friend of Musk’s, is a strong contender for the job.<\/p>\n

At one point, on Musk’s recommendation, Isaacman was named NASA director by Donald Trump. He is the founder of a US high-tech company that invested in Musk’s SpaceX and is a close ally. In fact, Duffy, who had organized and directed two private Earth orbit missions at his own expense, was better suited for the position than he was, who knew nothing about rocketry.
\nBut in late May, the White House withdrew his nomination the next day after Musk fell out with Donald Trump and stepped down as head of the Department for government efficiency.
\nFive months on, Duffy and Donald Trump are getting along so well that if Duffy’s offer comes through, there’s no question about it.
\nBy then, SpaceX will be out of the U. S. Space Science and technology. A cooked duck is about to be eaten, Elon Musk!
\nSo does musk’s hopping work?
\nOf course, Donald Trump had a falling out with him, but he still had a voice in American aerospace because of his money and technology.<\/p>\n

Currently, NASA has spent more than $40 billion to develop spacecraft and rockets for manned missions to the Moon, the agency had to rely on private companies for almost all aspects of the Moon mission.
\nThis new dynamic gives billionaires and their space companies unprecedented power.
\nBut Elon Musk does not have as much of a say as he thinks, because there is no shortage of billionaires.
\nRight now, major players in the US are engaged in a fierce infighting over the billions of dollars needed to land on the moon, with the exception of Musk’s SpaceX and Bessus’s blue origins, old American military giants like Lockheed Martin are also trying to get their hands on the Moon program.
\nWhile SpaceX is far ahead in reusable rocket technology, government projects have always been about more than technical prowess, and political lobbying is as critical as traditional military-industrial networks. In this respect, the \u201cTraditionalist\u201d coalition of blue origins and Lockheed Martin is trying to compete for NASA’s trust in the name of stability and national security.
\nSo Musk is a bit of an impotent rage.<\/p>\n

While the capitalists are in the United States as the space as the hot spots, NASA because of the struggle for power and profit and struggle.
\nNASA’s staff and technology staff have been cut by 20 percent as a result of the government shutdown and massive layoffs by the Donald Trump government. Morale is low and the leadership is jockeying for power.
\nArs Technica, a us-based technology blog, describes NASA as\u201cTottering in the wind like a lead shoe trying to run but only ‘watching China go up and up’\u201d.
\nThe idea that the agency’s acting director, Duffy, might want to include NASA in the Department of Transportation is causing an uproar in the space community.
\nIt seems clear that leadership in space exploration in the United States has shifted from scientists to politicians and businessmen.<\/p>\n

The 2026 was seen as a crucial year for the US to try to beat the Chinese to the Moon. In the face of China’s solid and steady progress, American politicians are becoming increasingly anxious.
\nInstead, NASA was caught up in multiple political disputes — a leadership struggle, a complicated relationship between the Donald Trump administration and Elon Musk, and a conflict between the White House and Congress over whether to continue the traditional route to the moon.
\nWhen the space race turns into a political squabble, the U. S. Moon program is likely to be delayed again by these political squabbles.<\/p>\n

The essence of space exploration should be the exploration of the unknown and the concern for the common destiny of mankind. But in America it has degenerated into a battleground between politics, business interests and personal vanity.
\nWhile China is making steady progress on its lunar exploration program, with the first Chinese landing on the moon expected by 2030, the United States is engaged in a\u201cBillionaire space war.\u201d.
\nOr as one American internet user quipped: \u201cOur concern is that while the Chinese are setting up bases on the moon, we are still bickering over who should be in charge of the Moon landing program.\u201d
\nImages from the network<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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