The president-elect traveled to Texas to join Musk for the latest SpaceX launch of a Starship rocket.
President-elect Donald Trump joined Elon Musk in south Texas on Tuesday to watch SpaceX launch a Starship rocket.
Though the launch was a success, SpaceX opted not to catch the booster with large mechanical arms as planned. The catch was aborted just four minutes into the test flight for unspecified reasons, and the booster landed in the Gulf of Mexico moments later.
The Associated Press reported that SpaceX spokesman Dan Huot said the flight director did not order the booster to be returned to the launch site due to criteria for the catch not being met, though he didn’t specify what happened.Donald Trump and Elon Musk
Musk, the leader of SpaceX, Tesla and X (formerly Twitter), endorsed Trump for president earlier this year, and his super PAC held a $1 million daily giveaway to registered voters in swing states.
