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No ditty. Sax, do you want to go visit a nuclear power plant?
In like Oregon.
In like Oregon.
You're genuflecting, Sachs. Looking after the poor.
You're genuflecting, Sachs. Looking after the poor.
Mr. Robin Hood over here.
Mr. Robin Hood over here.
Wow, off the rails.
Wow, off the rails.
It's not serious when you start like that.
It's not serious when you start like that.
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.
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.