Elon Musk Threatens To Sue California Coastal Commission After It Rejects Proposal For SpaceX Launches From Vandenberg Air Force Base Citing His Political Comments On X
Elon Musk Threatens To Sue California Coastal Commission After It Rejects Proposal For SpaceX Launches From Vandenberg Air Force Base Citing His Political Comments On X
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 13, 2024SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Sunday said that he would file a suit against the California Coastal Commission following reports that it rejected the Air Force's plan to give SpaceX permission to launch up to 50 rockets a year from Vandenberg Air Force Base citing his political comments on social media platform X.
SpaceX首席執行官埃隆·馬斯克週日表示，他將對加州海岸委員會提起訴訟，此前有報道稱該委員會以他在社交媒體平台X上的政治言論爲由拒絕了空軍允許SpaceX每年從范登堡空軍基地發射多達50枚火箭的計劃。
What Happened: "What I post on this platform has nothing to do with a "coastal commission" in California! Filing suit against them on Monday for violating the First Amendment," Musk said on Sunday in a post on social media platform X. The CEO later clarified that he would file a lawsuit on Tuesday given the court is closed on Monday.
發生了什麼：「我在這個平台上發佈的內容與加利福尼亞的 「海岸委員會」 無關！週一以違反第一修正案爲由對他們提起訴訟。」 馬斯克週日在社交媒體平台X上的一篇文章中說。首席執行官後來澄清說，鑑於法庭已於週一關閉，他將在週二提起訴訟。
*Tuesday, since court is closed on Monday
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 13, 2024
*星期二，因爲法庭週一關閉
— 埃隆·馬斯克 (@elonmusk) 2024 年 10 月 13 日
Musk's reaction comes on the heels of a report from Politico that the California Coastal Commission rejected the Air Force's proposal to allow SpaceX to launch up to 50 rockets a year from Vandenberg Air Force Base citing Musk's political comments on X.
馬斯克的反應是在Politico報告說，加州海岸委員會以馬斯克對X的政治言論爲由拒絕了空軍關於允許SpaceX每年從范登堡空軍基地發射多達50枚火箭的提議。
"Elon Musk is hopping about the country, spewing and tweeting political falsehoods and attacking FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) while claiming his desire to help the hurricane victims with free Starlink access to the internet," Commissioner Gretchen Newsom reportedly said at a meeting in San Diego on Thursday.
據報道，專員格蕾琴·紐瑟姆週四在聖地亞哥的一次會議上說：「埃隆·馬斯克在全國各地四處遊蕩，散佈和發佈政治虛假信息，攻擊聯邦緊急事務管理局（FEMA），同時聲稱他希望幫助颶風受害者免費使用Starlink訪問互聯網。」
The commissioners also raised concerns about SpaceX's launches being considered military activity even if they carry no military payloads, the report said.
報告稱，委員們還對SpaceX的發射即使沒有攜帶軍用有效載荷也被視爲軍事活動表示擔憂。
SpaceX currently has permission to launch 36 times a year from Vandenberg.
SpaceX目前獲准每年從范登堡發射36次。
The Air Force and the California Coastal Commission did not immediately respond to Benzinga's request for comment.
空軍和加州海岸委員會沒有立即回應本辛加的置評請求。
Why It Matters: SpaceX is looking to launch 144 times through the end of the year. For the entirety of last year, SpaceX only completed 96 launches, not including two test flights of the company's Starship launch vehicle.
爲何重要：SpaceX計劃在年底之前發射144次。去年全年，SpaceX僅完成了96次發射，不包括該公司星際飛船運載火箭的兩次試飛。
It has completed 67 missions using its Falcon launch vehicles this year as of the end of the second quarter, with its Falcon 9 workhorse alone accounting for 66 launches and Starlink missions accounting for a major chunk of it. The company now needs to accelerate launches to meet its own launch goals for the year.
截至第二季度末，它今年已經使用獵鷹運載火箭完成了67次任務，僅獵鷹9號的主力飛機就進行了66次發射，Starlink任務佔其中的很大一部分。該公司現在需要加快發佈速度，以實現其今年的發佈目標。
SpaceX did not immediately respond to Benzinga's request for comment.
SpaceX沒有立即回應本辛加的置評請求。
Check out more of Benzinga's Future Of Mobility coverage by following this link.
點擊此鏈接，查看更多Benzinga的《未來出行》報道。
