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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 10 months 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.)