Heres why SpaceX faces a bright future as government contractor despite Musk-Trump divorce
The public breakup between Elon Musk and President Trump has cast a pall over the future of SpaceX – but the mogul’s company should remain on a solid trajectory because the two sides need each other.Trump has counted on his estranged First Buddy’s privately owned firm to fulfill the administration’s plans for NASA to return to the moon, ongoing operations at the International Space Station, a reported classified deal with US intelligence to build hundreds of spy satellites and expanding internet access to rural parts of America.SpaceX – known for building and launching rockets, and the Starlink satellite internet network – has approximately $22 billion in government contracts on the books, according to Reuters. That includes a roughly $5 billion deal to build the Dragon spacecraft for use by NASA, which Musk threatened to decommission in his unhinged social media rants aimed at Trump – only to later reverse course hours later.Trump threatened to end Musk’s federal contracts in response to the verbal onslaught, which included the allegation that Trump is “in the Epstein files” and that he would have “lost the election” without his help.“Trump could certainly cancel most deals and contracts if he wants but the government may still have to pay them – depends on the contract details,” a Republican consultant connected with Trump, who was granted anonymity to speak candidly about the feud, told The Post on Friday.The two men appeared no closer to a detente, with Trump refusing to get on the phone with his former DOGE cost-cutter and largest campaign benefactor after he blasted the White House-backed “One Big Beautiful Bill.”While that makes for great theater, the split probably works in both of their favors, according to the source. “Trump and Elon both got what they wanted here,” the GOP consultant said.“Elon was able to distance himself from Trump in a public enough way to get his businesses back on track and Trump was able t...