T+304: The Musk/Trump Breakup, Jared Isaacman’s Withdrawn Nomination, and Starship Flight 9 (with Lori Garver)

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Lori Garver, former NASA Deputy Administrator, joins me to talk about the chaos of the last week: the withdraw of Jared Isaacman’s nomination for NASA Administrator, Starship Flight 9, and of course, the wild public breakup of Elon Musk and President Trump.

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Topics

• Musk-Trump dispute includes threats to SpaceX contracts - SpaceNews
• Isaacman: people with ‘axes to grind’ about Musk caused withdrawn NASA nomination - SpaceNews
• White House to withdraw Isaacman nomination to lead NASA - SpaceNews
• NASA Copes with Details of $6 Billion Budget Cut, Leadership Uncertainty – SpacePolicyOnline.com
• NASA withdraws support for conferences - SpaceNews
• Cruz seeks $10 billion for NASA programs in budget reconciliation bill - SpaceNews
• Starship breaks up on reentry after loss of attitude control - SpaceNews
• Status Update on ispace Mission 2 SMBC x HAKUTO-R Venture Moon | ispace

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