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Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Alabama) has been a vocal opponent of SpaceX in Congress for quite some time. Example from 2010: http://blog.al.com/breaking/2010/04/spac
by neuronexmachina 10y ago
Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Alabama) has been a vocal opponent of SpaceX in Congress for quite some time. Example from 2010: http://blog.al.com/breaking/2010/04/spacexs_elon_musk_sen_richard.html http://blog.al.com/breaking/2010/04/spacexs_elon_musk_sen_ri...
- noir_lord 10y agoWould be this the same Richard Shelby who has Boeing Co. as one of his top 5 contributors. Boeing of course been one of the partners in ULA a direct SpaceX competitor[0]. [0] https://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00009920 https://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N000... What's sad is that they don't even pretend anymore, it's absolutely and completely blatant and rigged.