{"id":18243,"date":"2025-03-25T13:37:54","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T12:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/25\/doge-cuts-allow-musk-to-cash-in-with-spacex-and-starlink-contracts-ex-workers-warn\/"},"modified":"2025-03-25T13:37:54","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T12:37:54","slug":"doge-cuts-allow-musk-to-cash-in-with-spacex-and-starlink-contracts-ex-workers-warn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/25\/doge-cuts-allow-musk-to-cash-in-with-spacex-and-starlink-contracts-ex-workers-warn\/","title":{"rendered":"Doge cuts allow Musk to cash in with SpaceX and Starlink contracts, ex-workers warn"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tech CEO accused of aiming to privatize space and satellite operations as federal agencies reportedly seek contracts<\/p>\n

Elon Musk<\/a> appears to be laying the groundwork to privatize some space and satellite operations now under the authority of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa), or steer lucrative contracts toward his SpaceX and Starlink companies, former agency employees say.<\/p>\n

They\u2019re sounding the alarm as at least four other federal agencies have reportedly begun pushing new contracts toward Musk\u2019s Starlink satellite internet company. Musk, the world\u2019s richest man, has been tasked by Donald Trump<\/a> with drastically slashing the federal government workforce and costs.<\/p>\n

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\nTech CEO accused of aiming to privatize space and satellite operations as federal agencies reportedly seek contracts
\nElon Musk appears to be laying the groundwork to privatize some space and satellite operations now under the authority of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa), or steer lucrative contracts toward his SpaceX and Starlink companies, former agency employees say.
\nThey\u2019re sounding the alarm as at least four other federal agencies have reportedly begun pushing new contracts toward Musk\u2019s Starlink satellite internet company. Musk, the world\u2019s richest man, has been tasked by Donald Trump with drastically slashing the federal government workforce and costs. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tech CEO accused of aiming to privatize space and satellite operations as federal agencies reportedly seek contracts Elon Musk appears to be laying the groundwork to privatize some space and satellite operations now under the authority of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa), or steer lucrative contracts toward his SpaceX and Starlink companies, former agency …<\/p>\n

Doge cuts allow Musk to cash in with SpaceX and Starlink contracts, ex-workers warn<\/span> Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":18244,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18243"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18243\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}