Trump gatecrashed a NASA press conference after SpaceX launched a $4.3 billion space telescope
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High-visibility political involvement around a $4.3 billion SpaceX-led NASA mission underlines how space infrastructure is now a geopolitical stage as much as a science program. If you’re in the space stack, factor political optics and administration changes into partnership and launch risk, not just technical readiness.
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