Friedberg

I will comment on the California Coastal Commission ruling that was based on Elon's political tweets, which is why they stopped additional launches out of Vandenberg. First of all, how the California Coastal Commission has authority over Vandenberg and the operations just seems to me like there's something wrong. The Coastal Commission was set up with the Coastal Act in 1976 in California.

as a way to give the beaches back to the people and the public and create a commission to regulate building along the beaches. It has since grown into effectively a much larger entity with much more authority, which potentially after the Chevron ruling in the Supreme Court may get peeled back and may get dialed down. We'll see what happens.

as a way to give the beaches back to the people and the public and create a commission to regulate building along the beaches. It has since grown into effectively a much larger entity with much more authority, which potentially after the Chevron ruling in the Supreme Court may get peeled back and may get dialed down. We'll see what happens.

But as of now, they have the ability to block launches out of Vandenberg, which they did. And in their decision They said it was because of Elon's political tweets. Again, starting at the beginning of the show about the success that they had with the Starship this week, it's incredible.

But as of now, they have the ability to block launches out of Vandenberg, which they did. And in their decision They said it was because of Elon's political tweets. Again, starting at the beginning of the show about the success that they had with the Starship this week, it's incredible.

It deserves to be recognized on the merits of what they accomplished, but to bring in his political tweets to make a decision about the progress of SpaceX and allow public space to be used to further that cause and further that activity seems to me abhorrent and it's ridiculous. And it's exactly what's wrong with the bureaucratic morass that a lot of these institutions have grown into.

It deserves to be recognized on the merits of what they accomplished, but to bring in his political tweets to make a decision about the progress of SpaceX and allow public space to be used to further that cause and further that activity seems to me abhorrent and it's ridiculous. And it's exactly what's wrong with the bureaucratic morass that a lot of these institutions have grown into.

It's a values decision that the state of California made in 1976. The state of California, the citizens voted and said, we want to preserve the coastline. And I think that that's a reasonable value for them to assume and vote for. And it was a majority vote. And so they established the Coastal Commission.

It's a values decision that the state of California made in 1976. The state of California, the citizens voted and said, we want to preserve the coastline. And I think that that's a reasonable value for them to assume and vote for. And it was a majority vote. And so they established the Coastal Commission.

But how the Coastal Commission extended into having authority over Vandenberg and launches from there for SpaceX, to me, is part of this kind of administrative growth. We see all these administrative bureaucracies get started that have a very simple objective, preserve the California coastline. But now they have authority to determine whether or not launches can happen at an Air Force base.

But how the Coastal Commission extended into having authority over Vandenberg and launches from there for SpaceX, to me, is part of this kind of administrative growth. We see all these administrative bureaucracies get started that have a very simple objective, preserve the California coastline. But now they have authority to determine whether or not launches can happen at an Air Force base.

You can't wrap a show like that. That's just not cool. I'm just trying to wrap up so we can move on. Well, then don't make a slight comment. It's like, just do something else. Talk about something else besides Trump at the end.

You can't wrap a show like that. That's just not cool. I'm just trying to wrap up so we can move on. Well, then don't make a slight comment. It's like, just do something else. Talk about something else besides Trump at the end.

I'm really excited for Saks Live from Mar-a-Lago.

I'm really excited for Saks Live from Mar-a-Lago.

Jared Kushner loves me. I'm friends with everybody. Neither you nor I gave the hundreds of thousands of dollars per ticket to go to dinner with Trump.

Jared Kushner loves me. I'm friends with everybody. Neither you nor I gave the hundreds of thousands of dollars per ticket to go to dinner with Trump.

Yeah, coming up.

Yeah, coming up.

It's like just waiting every day for it to drop, whatever it's going to be.