Elon Musk's SpaceX just accomplished something that nobody has done in 50 years: put human beings into space beyond the Van Allen belt and into high Earth orbit.
They did it with an all-civilian crew, tested new spacesuits, did a spacewalk, and performed a concert in high-definition video and audio from hundreds of miles away in orbit.
FINALLY! LIFTOFF of the ambitious & historic Polaris Dawn/SpaceX mission. Hoping to ... place astronauts in very high Earth orbit through the Van Allen Radiation Belts ... achieve first-ever private spacewalk ... test new suits & laser communications link ... raise… pic.twitter.com/DWMRbw1FAE
— Dr. Michael Guillén (@DrMGuillen) September 10, 2024
It was an amazing achievement, and nobody in the Biden administration congratulated anybody, and the mainstream media barely covered it.
Why?
HARMONY OF RESILIENCE: Recorded in space and sent to Earth via @SpaceX’s @Starlink constellation, Polaris Dawn crewmember and violinist @Gillis_SarahE invites you to enjoy this music moment in support of @StJude & @ElSistemaUSA → https://t.co/My8cUwAWzg pic.twitter.com/OoxTllCZNP
— Polaris (@PolarisProgram) September 13, 2024
It was only through the magic of Starlink--an Elon Musk project--and SpaceX's reusable rockets and reusable Crew Dragon--that any of this was possible. Boeing, which has been in this business for about 70 years, couldn't do it. They couldn't perform a round-trip manned mission to the space station safely. SpaceX does it routinely.
We all know why so little attention has been paid to any of this. It's the same reason the FAA has been slow-walking approvals for testing of Starship: Elon Musk is behind these projects.
SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn shattered records—the first commercial spacewalk, humans traveling the farthest in 50 years, and a historic achievement for women in space - the farthest any woman has ever been from mother earth. Yet Biden and Harris remain silent. No shock—this… pic.twitter.com/urMB41NlqT
— @amuse (@amuse) September 13, 2024
Boeing and Blue Origin (which is struggling mightily to get into orbit with any payload of importance) are owned by friends of the Democrats, while SpaceX is owned by Musk, who has endorsed Trump. Musk is the last free speech warrior, and that is simply unacceptable.
Splashdown of Dragon confirmed! Welcome back to Earth, @rookisaacman, @kiddpoteet, @Gillis_SarahE, @annawmenon pic.twitter.com/nILpMQh2sR
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) September 15, 2024
You would have at least expected a tweet of congratulations and some hoopla, but of course, that would be asking too much. Celebrating milestone achievements by American companies is verboten if they are owned by vocal Republicans.
Nasa & Boeing got more federal fund than SpaceX, yet SpaceX excels over them in performance & achievements. Polaris Dawn's historic mission happened under Biden's watch, no way Musk will hear from him. No president wants to humiliate the office acknowledging they got it wrong. https://t.co/Ayo7cvmVEg
— sweegle (@sweeglewsh) September 13, 2024
The Biden administration is at war with Musk. When Elon expressed support for Ron DeSantis and bought Twitter, the administration kicked Starlink out of a program to connect rural communities, homes and businesses to high-speed internet. Starlink is up and running, helping people get connected no matter where they are; meanwhile, the Biden/Harris program has not connected a single home.
Dragon and the Polaris Dawn crew splash down off the coast of Florida, completing the @PolarisProgram's first human spaceflight mission pic.twitter.com/Sobt66zxnL
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) September 15, 2024
Musk has a target on his back, and the transnational elite are working every day to destroy him. That this harms Americans, undermines innovation, and slows Musk's massive progress in getting people to Mars is far less important than harming Republicans and free speech.
FCC: Starlink doesn't have the technical capability to deliver broadband internet to rural Americans
— ALEX (@ajtourville) September 15, 2024
Also FCC: Starlink is just too big and too popular with U.S. rural internet consumers that it's becoming a monopoly pic.twitter.com/o4uZwCLeRq
The left sees Musk as dangerous, and they do because he is a danger to their monopoly on power. Just as the EU wanted to shut down Musk's conversation with Trump, they want to bully Elon into complying with their agenda.
The cost to provide every single Canadian with high speed internet
— The Pleb 🇨🇦 Reporter (@truckdriverpleb) September 14, 2024
Trudeau government contract cost: $2,140,000,000
Elon Musk's Starlink cost: under $1,000,000,000
We are being completely ROBBED by Trudeau's government and Elon Musk just exposed it pic.twitter.com/QBjoPoKTcJ
It's a worldwide phenomenon, and I think Musk's free speech stance is more important for them to destroy than anything else. And if that means attacking Musk, downplaying his achievements, strangling his companies' revenues, or anything else they are all-in. Here, Europe, Brazil...they all agree: get Musk.
Musk may be quirky, but he is doing more to move humanity forward than any other single human being.
Dragon's hatch is open and the Polaris Dawn crew is getting ready to exit the spacecraft pic.twitter.com/KItVBSwJff
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) September 15, 2024
That makes him dangerous, because he can't be controlled by the technocrats who want to rule by committee.
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