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Trump gives a big blow to Elon Musk, US Air Force suspends SpaceX project

  
  
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  The US Air Force has suspended a proposed rocket cargo delivery program involving SpaceX, over concerns that the project could seriously disrupt an important seabird sanctuary in the Pacific Ocean. The Air Force has halted hypersonic rocket cargo tests with SpaceX altogether. Elon Musk had taunted Meanwhile, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, reacting to the damage to bird nests caused by SpaceX launches, said he would give up eating omelets for a week "to make amends for this heinous crime." The project was part of a US military initiative According to Space.com, the now-stalled project was part of a US military initiative that aimed to explore the use of commercial rockets manufactured by SpaceX to deliver up to 100 tons of military cargo anywhere in the world within 90 minutes. The concept was being tested under the Rocket Cargo Program managed by the Air Force Research Laboratory. The test was to be conducted on an island that is federally protected. The proposed test site - Johnston Atoll - is an uninhabited 2.5 square kilometer island located about 1,300 kilometers from Hawaii. The atoll is part of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument and is federally protected as a wildlife refuge.
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