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Elon Musk: Austerity for Thee but Not for Me

This week, as Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” was attempting to further gut the US government, his rocket company SpaceX was cementing a NASA contract adding millions of dollars to its already massive deal with the space agency.


Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and President Donald Trump appear during an executive order signing in the Oval Office at the White House on February 11, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik / Getty Images)

As Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was reportedly canceling Department of Education contracts in the name of frugality, Musk’s rocket company was this week cementing a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) contract adding millions of dollars to its already massive deal with the space agency, according to government documents reviewed by the Lever.

The new “supplemental” contract dated February 10 adds…

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