Reporting with multiple sources says Musk went to the Whitehouse with a plan to limit the connectivity of Ukrainian drones to satellites. The connections worked on the drones full speed when the drones flew into the EU, but didn’t work in Ukraine, making it seem that the connectivity was intentionally slowed for Ukraine. Musk said the Whitehouse had the say not him. The slowdown happened right as Trump was pressuring Ukraine publicly.
Elon Musk owns space. Most things being put into space are being put there by Musk’s SpaceX. The United States country and government are dependent upon Musk to get into space and Europe is dependent on Musk for its space-facilitated defense. It’s great to have such a fantastic company in the US, but Musk controls too much and has too much power.
The US military may be heading to a point where if it needs a new weapon, or much more of a current one, and it is in the middle of a war, one business owner can say no for whatever reason and greatly weaken America’s ability to fight.
The goal of today’s moon mission is to send astronauts around the moon and have them return alive. It’s a test of life support systems. The long-term plan is to build a moon base where we can mine moon materials, advance science, and test things for Mars missions.
Scientists could not find a way to explain the position of certain minerals on Mars other than by life. But, scientists have been wrong about Mars before, and they may just not know about the non-life mechanisms for creating these patterns.