Elon Musk’s SpaceX has accused a California regulator of political discrimination after it voted to block the rocket company from conducting more launches on the state’s central coast.
SpaceX claimed in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that members of the California Coastal Commission violated Musk’s right to free speech and overstepped the agency’s authority after members cited the billionaire’s conspiratorial comments on his social media platform X in denying the bid. The commission oversees development and environmental protection of the state’s coastline.
“Commissioner Wilson wanted to ‘acknowledge’ that the outcome of the Starlink program will be Mr. Musk having control over ‘one of the most extensive communications networks on the planet,’ and further stated that ‘just last week’ Mr. Musk was ‘speaking about political retribution on a national stage,’” the complaint states. SpaceX accused the commission of showing what it described as “overt, and shocking, political bias.
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