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UK must urgently distance from Musk/SpaceX, warns Parliamentary report
https://bylinetimes.com/2025/11/04/the-uk-must-urgently-distance-itself-from-elon-musk-and-space-x-warns-parliamentary-report/"
The UK has become too dependent on Elon Musk and his Space X company for the success of its space programme, and must urgently seek greater independence from it in order to stop the “politicisation” of these services by the far-right billionaire, a new Parliamentary report has warned.
The report, by the House of Lords’ UK Engagement with Space Committee, discloses that half of Britain’s satellites are now dependent on Musk’s company and warns that the UK’s capacity now risks being politicised as a result.
Musk currently spends much of his time on his X platform, which he owns, where he regularly attacks the UK’s diversity and race policies and predicts civil war in the UK.
He is also a financial supporter and backer of the convicted far-right British criminal Tommy Robinson.".... (more)
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