US EditionElon Musk gets an apology from California regulators as a SpaceX lawsuit is settled
The deal ends SpaceX’s lawsuit and bars the commission from considering Musk’s politics in future launch reviews, while preserving coastal oversight on other issues.
- On Tuesday, the California Coastal Commission apologized to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and settled a federal lawsuit, dropping its requirement for a coastal development permit for Falcon rocket launches from Vandenberg Space Force Base.
- The lawsuit followed an October 2024 hearing where commissioners made "improper" statements about Musk's political beliefs, which the agency later acknowledged were "irrelevant" to their regulatory consistency review.
- Under the settlement, the commission agreed "in perpetuity" that it would not require a coastal development permit for Falcon activity at Space Launch Complex-4 or Space Launch Complex-6.
- Despite the settlement, the commission maintains "serious concerns" about increased launch activity's impact on coastal resources, including sonic booms and habitat harm, requiring SpaceX to share monitoring data from Channel Islands.
- With more than two dozen Falcon flights already conducted from the West Coast this year, federal officials and the agency aim to resolve remaining coordination issues regarding future launch operations.
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‘Spewing political falsehoods’: State officials who exhibited bias against Elon Musk now apologizing * WorldNetDaily * by Bob Unruh
Source link A SpaceX Falcon 9 carrying NASA’s first planetary defense test mission, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test or DART, launches from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, Nov. 23, 2021. The DART spacecraft is designed to direct itself to hit an asteroid while traveling at roughly 15,000 miles per hour. (U.S. Space Force photo
POLITICS: Enough far-left bias from the coastal commission
In a not-so-stunning admission this week, the California Coastal Commission conceded political bias — and apologized. That’s a start. From here, the commission needs to end its ideological crusades and refocus on its core mission: protecting public access to the state’s beaches. The 12-member commission — packed with the appointees of the governor and left-wing legislators — settled a 2024 lawsuit from SpaceX over political comments its members …
Coastal Commission apologizes to SpaceX, settles lawsuit
The California Coastal Commission issued a formal apology to SpaceX as part of settling the company’s federal lawsuit alleging officials denied increased launches at Vandenberg Space Force Base in retaliation for CEO Elon Musk’s political support of President Donald Trump…
CA Dem regulators apologize to Musk for letting bias color SpaceX vote
LOS ANGELES — California's Democrat-dominated state government has apologized to billionaire businessman and SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk for allowing members of the state's Coastal Commission to attempt to use their regulatory powers to potentially hamper SpaceX launch activities…
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