The data show that the United States are also in the hook for about $ 14 billion for the Spacex Starlink Internet service in numerous offices, such as a structure of the Department of Interior in Nevada.
The data could be obsolete or include errors, but many of the listed figures align with the press releases of agencies such as the spatial force of the United States. Some of the funding are subject to the approval of the congress and one part could end up going to the Rivals of Spacex.
But Spacex’s competitors faced numerous technical setbacks and Musk’s company remains the leader of the dominant market. The billionaire he said This week that Spacex would earn about $ 15.5 billion in revenue this year, almost double estimates from two years ago. Spacex represented 134 of the 166 orbital launches in the United States so far this year, second Tracking of Jonathan McDowell, an astrophysicist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Astrophysics Center.
Wired did not examine detailed contracts or seek agreements that the government may have hit with Musk companies through intermediaries. For example, some government agencies may buy ads on the social media platform x Musk through advertising agencies.
The government fleet Includes Tesla electric vehiclesAccording to online documents and the administration of general services, the company for maintenance has recently paid.
But the annual of the GSA Federal fleet report It does not divide the number of vehicles by manufacturer or offers details on future shopping. The report lists 7,706 battery -a -side electric vehicles in the government fleet. At the beginning of this year, the Trump administration Orders on pause For new zero -emission vehicles, manage a blow to companies like Tesla.
Doge Pizzication
Musk companies have benefited from government support for years. In February, an analysis of the Washington Post found Musk companies had received at least $ 38 billion since 2003 in government contracts, loans, subsidies and tax credits in the United States, also at state and local level. An analysis of the New York Times since October identified At least $ 15.4 billion of federal government contracts in the last ten years for Tesla and Spacex.
But Musk himself tried to take a chain with federal expenses through his work at the helm of the department of the efficiency of the government of the Trump administration, which claims to have spared $ 180 billion since January, even if by canceling the contracts, although that figure remains highly contested.
Some of doge efforts have been temporarily blocked by the federal courts and also aroused protests from federal unions, public activists, congress, states and even Trump secretaries. Last month, Musk said he was moving away from doge’s work to focus on his companies.
However, Trump’s reduction initiatives have not stopped. The intake of blocks remain in force and the importance of further extending each dollar is emphasized more than ever in many federal agencies, according to representatives of two companies with important government contracts. They refused to be nominated for fear of Trump punishment.
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