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Elon Musk: The Highest Bidder for NASA?
Recent rumors suggest that Musk has ambitions beyond partnership—hhe might actually want to own NASA. Aligning with the goals of Project 2025, it aims to significantly privatize aspects of the federal government.
Elon Musk: The Highest Bidder for NASA?
In recent years, the relationship between tech mogul Elon Musk and the U.S. government has grown increasingly complex. SpaceX, Musk’s aerospace venture, has long been a critical partner to NASA, providing essential services such as satellite launches, space station resupply missions, and even crewed space flights.
But recent rumors suggest that Musk has ambitions beyond partnership — he might actually want to own NASA. And as unsettling as that might sound, it aligns with the goals of a powerful right-wing plan known as Project 2025, which aims to significantly privatize aspects of the federal government.
Project 2025: The Push for Privatization
Project 2025, a conservative blueprint that aims to reshape the federal government, has one underlying theme: reduce government control and shift power to the private sector.
