The data show that the USA is also on a hook for about $ 14 billion for Starlink Spacex internet services in many offices, such as Department of Interior Facility in Nevada.
Data can be dated or contain errors, but many of these numbers are in line with press messages from such agencies as American cosmic force. Some funds are approved by the Congress, and some may ultimately go to SpaceX rivals.
But SpaceX competitors dealt with many technical failures, and Musk remains the dominant market leader. Billionaire he said This week, SpaceX would earn around $ 15.5 billion this year estimates Two years ago. Spacex is 134 of 166 orbital premieres in the USA this year, according to Tracking by Jonathan McDowell, astrophysicist at the Astrophysics Center Harvard and Smithsonian.
Wired did not review detailed contracts or searched for transactions that the government could hit Muska via intermediaries. For example, some government agencies can buy ads on the Musk social media platform via advertising agencies.
Fleet of government vehicles Includes Tesla electric vehiclesAccording to online documents, and the administration of general services recently paid the company for maintenance.
But the annual GSA Federal Fleet Report They do not spread the number of vehicles by the manufacturer or offer details about future expenses. The report contains 7706 electric vehicles in the government fleet. At the beginning of this year, the Trump administration Detained orders up-to-date zero emissions that deal with companies such as Tesla.
Doge pinching
Musk has been using government support for years. In February, the Washington Post analysis found Musk has received at least $ 38 billion since 2003 as part of government contracts, loans, subsidies and tax breaks in the USA, including at state and local level. Fresh York Times analysis from October identified At least $ 15.4 billion in the contracts of the federal government over the last decade for Tesla and SpaceX.
But Musk himself tried to take the chain chain on federal expenses through his work, leading the Department of the Trump Administration Government, which claims to save $ 180 billion from January, including cancellation of contracts, although this number remains highly questioned.
Some Doge’s efforts were temporarily blocked by federal courts, and also pulled the protests of federal trade unions, public activists, congress, states and even secretaries of Trump’s office. Last month, Musk said that he was moving away from Doge’s work to focus on his companies.
However, the initiatives related to the reduction of Trump’s costs did not stop. According to representatives of two companies with main government agreements, the employment of freezing applies, and the importance of stretching each dollar is more emphasized than ever in many federal agencies. They refused to be called for fear of revenge on the part of Trump.