Musk rages at Trump's Transportation head on X: He "is trying to kill NASA!"

"Catch up quick: Duffy told CNBC on Monday that SpaceX was "behind" schedule on its project to return the U.S. to the moon, adding that he would consider contracts with competitors like Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin. "We're not going to wait for one company," Duffy said on CNBC's "Squawk Box." "We're going to push this forward and win the second space race against the Chinese. Get back to the moon, set up a camp, a base." Musk has previously clashed with Duffy over Musk's DOGE cuts to the Federal Aviation Administration, The New York Times reported in March."

""What they're saying: "The person responsible for America's space program can't have a 2 digit IQ," Musk wrote in another Tuesday post, responding to one user who said "We need someone else besides Duffy." Musk then posted a poll asking users: "Should someone whose biggest claim to fame is climbing trees be running America's space program?" likely alluding to Duffy's background as a competitive speed climber. The Transportation Department did not immediately respond to Axios' request for comment."

"Musk also re-shared another user's post defending Jared Isaacman, whose nomination to lead NASA was pulled in May. The user said that "lobbying against Jared Isaacman, literally the most qualified and best person to be the new head of NASA, is so dumb." Context: Isaacman, a fintech billionaire, is a close associate of Musk's, and suggested at the time that Trump pulled the nomination as part of an effort to distance himself with the former DOGE head. Flashback: SpaceX had beat out Blue Origin for the NASA contract in 2021, though Bezos'"

Elon Musk used X to publicly attack Sean Duffy, calling him "Sean Dummy" and accusing him of trying to kill NASA. Duffy said SpaceX was behind schedule on its plan to return the U.S. to the moon and indicated willingness to consider contracts with competitors such as Blue Origin. Duffy urged accelerated lunar efforts to establish a base. Musk criticized Duffy's intelligence, posted a poll alluding to Duffy's speed-climbing background, and reshared defenses of Jared Isaacman after Isaacman's NASA nomination was pulled. SpaceX previously won a NASA contract over Blue Origin in 2021.

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