Musk’s SpaceX Launch With Trump Did Not Go According to Plan

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

75% : After SpaceX pulled of the admittedly impressive catch for the first time in October, Trump praised Musk as a “super-genius” and marveled that the arms caught the rocket “just like you hold your little baby at night.”
75% : About 35 minutes later, Trump did get a consolation prize when engineers reignited an engine in space for the first time.
57% : Trump watches the test launch of SpaceX’s Starship rocket in Brownsville, Texas But just four minutes into Tuesday’s launch, the mission director called off the catch and ordered the booster to crash into the Gulf of Mexico, the Financial Times reported.
55% : Trump, who has a fascination with space travel, attended the launch with several Republican members of Congress and was surprisingly quiet afterward, posting just a blurry picture to his social media platform Truth Social showing the back of his head while the rocket takes off.

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