From posts about the presidential election to posts about Hurricane Helene and Federal Emergency Management Agency misinformation, the CCC found them substantial enough to block the Air Force's plan to give SpaceX permission to launch up to 50 rockets a year from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in Santa Barbara County. "Elon Musk is hopping about the country, spewing and tweeting political falsehoods and attacking FEMA while claiming his desire to help the hurricane victims with free Starlink access to the internet," Commissioner Gretchen Newsom said at the meeting in San Diego.
Whistle. Flag.
The Commission and Space Force/DOD have been back and forthing about more SpaceX launches since Spring of 2023. Apparently, a conditioned compromise was worked out last Summer but DOD wouldn't agree to the condition at a Commission hearing. During the hearing, a couple commissioners voiced their opinion about Musk's politics, core political speech. The Commission majority voted against the compromise plan, I think one of the opinionator's voted for. It's expected this ain't the end of the story. www.latimes.com
Ruling on the field, no First Amendment infraction.
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