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Musk back in the spotlight, but politics dims the awe
Musk contributed $150 million to political campaigns, prompting widespread scrutiny of his influence on federal government operations, according to campaign finance reports.
"All the things that we were promised since the 1950s, of space travel and flying cars... he's doing all of those things," said Andrew Selepak, a social media professor at the University of Florida.
"And yet we're not giving it the attention, we're not giving it the awe that it probably truly deserves," he added.
In recent weeks, Musk has seemed to be everywhere at once.
On September 28, SpaceX's Starship megarocket reached orbit for the first t…