Space Curmudgeon
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Former Editor-in-Chief at SpaceNews. Cracking wise about space, tech, and other high-flying follies.
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🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨
SpaceX has provided an update on last night's major anomaly involving Starship 36, which was being fueled ahead of a planned Static Fire Test at Masseys site near Starbase, Texas.
SpaceX has provided an update on last night's major anomaly involving Starship 36, which was being fueled ahead of a planned Static Fire Test at Masseys site near Starbase, Texas.
June 19, 2025 at 8:17 PM
🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨
SpaceX has provided an update on last night's major anomaly involving Starship 36, which was being fueled ahead of a planned Static Fire Test at Masseys site near Starbase, Texas.
SpaceX has provided an update on last night's major anomaly involving Starship 36, which was being fueled ahead of a planned Static Fire Test at Masseys site near Starbase, Texas.
Good advice from a longtime pro.
talking to friends and sources in LA (big space town!) does really underscore the propaganda aspect of the riots talk. Consider filling your social and social media diet with verifiably real people!
June 11, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Good advice from a longtime pro.
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Breaking Defense got the scoop on the admin's DoD RTD&E budget, both FY26 base and reconciliation. Surprise (not): Space Force is a big winner in the reconciliation stakes for Golden Dome related programs. breakingdefense.com/2025/06/excl...
EXCLUSIVE: Pentagon's RDT&E budget revealed - Which next-gen systems get a cash influx in FY26? - Breaking Defense
Breaking Defense obtained a copy of the Defense Department's FY26 budget request for RDT&E Programs. Here's what you should know.
breakingdefense.com
June 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Breaking Defense got the scoop on the admin's DoD RTD&E budget, both FY26 base and reconciliation. Surprise (not): Space Force is a big winner in the reconciliation stakes for Golden Dome related programs. breakingdefense.com/2025/06/excl...
Musk ruffled a lot of feathers with his threat to hold the ISS hostage — and not just at NASA. Chris nailed this one.
June 7, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Musk ruffled a lot of feathers with his threat to hold the ISS hostage — and not just at NASA. Chris nailed this one.
“What if, only days or hours from now, the president and Mr. Musk reconcile? … The story must change so the show can go on.
“Just don’t expect a trip to Mars anytime soon. Heaven can wait.
“Just don’t expect a trip to Mars anytime soon. Heaven can wait.
Elon Musk and Donald Trump Are Splitsville, Until They Aren’t
www.nytimes.com
June 6, 2025 at 2:39 PM
“What if, only days or hours from now, the president and Mr. Musk reconcile? … The story must change so the show can go on.
“Just don’t expect a trip to Mars anytime soon. Heaven can wait.
“Just don’t expect a trip to Mars anytime soon. Heaven can wait.
“It’s unclear why Trump asked [the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs], an Air Force general with no space background, to select the head of the nation’s civil space agency.”
Unclear indeed.
As pithy as any of @jfoust.bsky.social’s more crafted walkoffs.
Unclear indeed.
As pithy as any of @jfoust.bsky.social’s more crafted walkoffs.
Musk-Trump dispute includes threats to SpaceX contracts
An escalating feud between President Trump and Elon Musk June 5 included threats to cancel SpaceX contracts and decommission spacecraft, although those words have yet to become actions.
An escalating feud between President Trump and Elon Musk June 5 included threats to cancel SpaceX contracts and decommission spacecraft, although those words have yet to become actions.
Musk-Trump dispute includes threats to SpaceX contracts
An escalating feud between President Trump and Elon Musk June 5 included threats to cancel SpaceX contracts and decommission spacecraft, although those words have yet to become actions.
spacenews.com
June 6, 2025 at 2:16 PM
“It’s unclear why Trump asked [the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs], an Air Force general with no space background, to select the head of the nation’s civil space agency.”
Unclear indeed.
As pithy as any of @jfoust.bsky.social’s more crafted walkoffs.
Unclear indeed.
As pithy as any of @jfoust.bsky.social’s more crafted walkoffs.
Nothing gold can stay.
Trump and Musk Are Fighting — and Space Is Caught in the Middle
What else did you expect?
open.substack.com
June 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Nothing gold can stay.
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Dead
June 5, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Dead
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Amazing. Respect the lede.
June 6, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Amazing. Respect the lede.
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And this is why, friends, the first thing you learn about risk mitigation in business school, is that you don’t put all your eggs in one basket.
Thankfully we have* a stable, balanced, non-biased person at the helm of NASA to deal with this ….
* we do, right? RIGHT?!
Thankfully we have* a stable, balanced, non-biased person at the helm of NASA to deal with this ….
* we do, right? RIGHT?!
June 5, 2025 at 8:23 PM
And this is why, friends, the first thing you learn about risk mitigation in business school, is that you don’t put all your eggs in one basket.
Thankfully we have* a stable, balanced, non-biased person at the helm of NASA to deal with this ….
* we do, right? RIGHT?!
Thankfully we have* a stable, balanced, non-biased person at the helm of NASA to deal with this ….
* we do, right? RIGHT?!
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BREAKING: Elon Musk takes X user's advice to “cool off” and says he won’t decommission SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft, reversing earlier decision
Musk Walks Back Threat to Decommission SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft
Elon Musk seemingly backed down from a threat to decommission SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft that ferries cargo and people to the International Space Station for the US, made during an escalation of a spat between the billionaire and President Donald Trump.
bloom.bg
June 6, 2025 at 2:00 AM
BREAKING: Elon Musk takes X user's advice to “cool off” and says he won’t decommission SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft, reversing earlier decision
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It's like the Three-Body Problem, but it's the Two-Narcissists Problem
June 6, 2025 at 1:50 AM
It's like the Three-Body Problem, but it's the Two-Narcissists Problem
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Insufferable hedge fund guy brokering peace between a pair of heinous toddlers is peak 2025
June 6, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Insufferable hedge fund guy brokering peace between a pair of heinous toddlers is peak 2025
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Musk-Trump dispute includes threats to SpaceX contracts
An escalating feud between President Trump and Elon Musk June 5 included threats to cancel SpaceX contracts and decommission spacecraft, although those words have yet to become actions.
An escalating feud between President Trump and Elon Musk June 5 included threats to cancel SpaceX contracts and decommission spacecraft, although those words have yet to become actions.
Musk-Trump dispute includes threats to SpaceX contracts
An escalating feud between President Trump and Elon Musk June 5 included threats to cancel SpaceX contracts and decommission spacecraft, although those words have yet to become actions.
spacenews.com
June 6, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Musk-Trump dispute includes threats to SpaceX contracts
An escalating feud between President Trump and Elon Musk June 5 included threats to cancel SpaceX contracts and decommission spacecraft, although those words have yet to become actions.
An escalating feud between President Trump and Elon Musk June 5 included threats to cancel SpaceX contracts and decommission spacecraft, although those words have yet to become actions.
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What impact will the Trump-Musk feud have on SpaceX and America's space effort? It's too early to say, but if this becomes a protracted war, other commercial space ventures could eventually fill the gap. www.geekwire.com/2025/trump-m...
How the Trump-Musk feud could change the equation for SpaceX and industry rivals
What does the spat between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk mean for the rivals of Musk's SpaceX in the commercial space industry?
www.geekwire.com
June 6, 2025 at 3:06 AM
What impact will the Trump-Musk feud have on SpaceX and America's space effort? It's too early to say, but if this becomes a protracted war, other commercial space ventures could eventually fill the gap. www.geekwire.com/2025/trump-m...
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AOC: “The girls are fighting, aren’t they?”
June 6, 2025 at 1:17 AM
AOC: “The girls are fighting, aren’t they?”
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In this ridiculous villain face off, Elon playing the more loathsome bad guy might actually help Trump pass his bill. www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
Musk goes scorched earth: Trump will cause recession, implies he should be impeached
“The Trump tariffs will cause a recession in the second half of this year,” Musk wrote on X.
www.politico.com
June 6, 2025 at 10:38 AM
In this ridiculous villain face off, Elon playing the more loathsome bad guy might actually help Trump pass his bill. www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
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June 4, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Subscribe if you’re into that kind of thing. spacecurmudgeon.substack.com
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