Elon Musk’s SpaceX corporation, a space transportation company and satellite manufacturer/operator, which operates the Starlink communications satellite network, is suing the California Coastal Commission, citing allegedly politically-based comments from county Supervisor Mike Wilson and other commissioners. Governor Gavin Newsom recently weighed in on the side of Musk saying, ““I’m with Elon.”
The nexus between politics and regulation figured into the commission’s discussions on expanding rocket launches by SpaceX, Musk’s satellite communications corporation.
Commissioners’ comments, including Wilson’s, are included in Musk’s 280-page federal court lawsuit, which was filed on Oct. 15. [See lawsuit hosted by Reuters here.]…