Trump may attend SpaceX's 'Starship' launch scheduled for Tuesday
FILE-President-elect Donald Trump, singer Kid Rock and Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk pose for a photo as they attend UFC 309 at Madison Square Garden in New York, on November 16, 2024. (Photo by KENA BETANCUR/AFP via Getty Images)
Donald Trump could be attending a SpaceX "Starship" rocket launch planned for Tuesday.
The 30-minute launch window opens at 4 p.m. central time, according to SpaceX, with the company again looking to test the landing capture system of the booster in Texas, while the upper stage continues to a splashdown in the Indian Ocean.
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According to the Associated Press, the Federal Aviation Administration has issued temporary flight restrictions over the Brownsville and Boca Chica, Texas area for a VIP visit happening with the SpaceX launch window for a test of its massive Starship rocket from its launch facility on the Gulf of Mexico.
These flight restrictions were put in place over Trump’s home in Palm Beach, Florida when he is there, and will be lifted temporarily while the Texas security measures are in place.
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The president-elect’s visit for the event comes as billionaire Elon Musk has been a present at Trump’s side as he builds out his new administration, attending meetings at Trump's Mar-a-Lago club, accompanying him to meetings with Capitol Hill Republicans in Washington, D.C. last week and to a UFC fight in New York on Saturday.
Trump named Musk and former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy to lead an advisory committee to reduce governmental costs and reshape how Washington, D.C. does things, which has led to ethics concerns over Musk's interests before the federal government, the AP noted.