{"id":5917,"date":"2024-11-07T04:58:15","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T04:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tech.newat9.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/07\/whats-starlink-trump-talks-elon-musk-starship-and-spacex-in-election-night-victory-speech-video\/"},"modified":"2024-11-07T04:58:15","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T04:58:15","slug":"whats-starlink-trump-talks-elon-musk-starship-and-spacex-in-election-night-victory-speech-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tech.newat9.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/07\/whats-starlink-trump-talks-elon-musk-starship-and-spacex-in-election-night-victory-speech-video\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;What&#8217;s Starlink?&#8217; Trump talks Elon Musk, Starship and SpaceX in election night victory speech (video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<iframe width=\"512\" height=\"330\" frameborder=\"0\" data-lazy-priority=\"low\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/video\/standalone\/?c5140529\/user-clip-trump-talks-starship-starlink\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>President-elect Donald Trump had high words of praise for Elon Musk and SpaceX during his election night victory speech.<\/p>\n<p>In a speech broadcast on Tuesday night (Nov. 5), Trump recalled watching the most recent and <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/spacex-starship-flight-5-launch-super-heavy-booster-catch-success-video\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/spacex-starship-flight-5-launch-super-heavy-booster-catch-success-video\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fifth flight test of SpaceX&#8217;s Starship rocket<\/a> as well as his conversations with SpaceX CEO Elon Musk about the use of the company&#8217;s <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/spacex-starlink-free-2024-hurricane-helene-milton\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/spacex-starlink-free-2024-hurricane-helene-milton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Starlink satellites in North Carolina<\/a> following the deadly impacts of Hurricane Helene.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And I called Elon. I said, &#8216;Elon, was that you?&#8217; He said, &#8216;Yes, it was.&#8217; I said, &#8216;Who else can do that? Can Russia do it? &#8216;No.&#8217; Can China do it?&#8217; &#8216;No,&#8221; Trump <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/video\/?c5140529\/user-clip-trump-talks-starship-starlink\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/video\/?c5140529\/user-clip-trump-talks-starship-starlink\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"noopener\">said in the speech<\/a>, recalling watching Starship&#8217;s most recent test in which the massive rocket <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/spacex-starship-flight-5-launch-super-heavy-booster-catch-success-video\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/spacex-starship-flight-5-launch-super-heavy-booster-catch-success-video\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was caught by the &#8220;chopstick&#8221; arms<\/a> on SpaceX&#8217;s launch tower. &#8220;&#8216;Can the United States do it, other than, you?&#8217; &#8216;No, nobody can do that.&#8217; I said, &#8216;That&#8217;s why I love you, Elon, that&#8217;s great.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check=\"\">\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\" style=\"max-width:1920px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/NGdVwsxYSxXcXEEtTkUMRR-320-80.jpg.webp 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/NGdVwsxYSxXcXEEtTkUMRR-480-80.jpg.webp 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/NGdVwsxYSxXcXEEtTkUMRR-650-80.jpg.webp 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/NGdVwsxYSxXcXEEtTkUMRR-970-80.jpg.webp 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/NGdVwsxYSxXcXEEtTkUMRR-1024-80.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/NGdVwsxYSxXcXEEtTkUMRR-1200-80.jpg.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/NGdVwsxYSxXcXEEtTkUMRR-320-80.jpg\" alt=\"two men stand on a stage behind microphones\" class=\"expandable\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/NGdVwsxYSxXcXEEtTkUMRR-320-80.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/NGdVwsxYSxXcXEEtTkUMRR-480-80.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/NGdVwsxYSxXcXEEtTkUMRR-650-80.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/NGdVwsxYSxXcXEEtTkUMRR-970-80.jpg 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/NGdVwsxYSxXcXEEtTkUMRR-1024-80.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/NGdVwsxYSxXcXEEtTkUMRR-1200-80.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/NGdVwsxYSxXcXEEtTkUMRR.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/NGdVwsxYSxXcXEEtTkUMRR.jpg\"\/><\/picture><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"caption-text\">Elon Musk and President-elect Donald Trump during a campaign event at the Butler Farm Show in Butler, Pennsylvania, US, on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024. <\/span><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Justin Merriman\/Bloomberg via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Trump said he had to put a donor on hold for 45 minutes while watching the test flight, which he said he thought was a &#8220;Space Age movie or something.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"hawk-nest\" data-block-type=\"embed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\"\/>\n<p>The president-elect then recalled calling Musk following Hurricane Helene after receiving multiple inquiries about the use of SpaceX&#8217;s <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/spacex-starlink-satellites.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/spacex-starlink-satellites.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Starlink satellites<\/a>, which have been used to provide vital communications services following natural disasters and conflicts around the world. Following the devastating hurricanes Helene and Milton, SpaceX made Starlink broadband services <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/spacex-starlink-free-2024-hurricane-helene-milton\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/spacex-starlink-free-2024-hurricane-helene-milton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">free for the rest of 2024<\/a>, aside from hardware costs, to all users who live in areas affected by the storms.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The people from North Carolina came to me and they said, &#8216;Would it be possible at all possible for you to speak to Elon Musk? We need Starlink,'&#8221; Trump said during his victory speech, adding &#8220;I said, &#8216;What&#8217;s Starlink?'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What the hell is it?,&#8221; Trump said he asked Musk about Starlink. &#8220;He said, &#8216;It&#8217;s a communication system that&#8217;s very good.&#8217; I said, &#8216;Elon, they need it really, really badly in North Carolina. Can you get it?'&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"slice-container-newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-aXRt86wPAgGxg678YEpe9W\" class=\"slice-container newsletter-inbodyContent-slice newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-aXRt86wPAgGxg678YEpe9W slice-container-newsletterForm\">\n<div data-hydrate=\"true\" class=\"newsletter-form__wrapper newsletter-form__wrapper--inbodyContent\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form__container\">\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__top-bar\"\/>\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__main-section\">\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;He had that there so fast. It was incredible,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;So, and it was great. It saved a lot of lives. He saved a lot of lives. But he&#8217;s a character. He&#8217;s a special guy. He&#8217;s a super genius. We have to protect our geniuses. We don&#8217;t have that many of them. We have to.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/elon-musk-spacex-endorses-donald-trump-president-us-space-policy\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/elon-musk-spacex-endorses-donald-trump-president-us-space-policy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Musk endorsed Trump<\/a> in the 2024 presidential election. Trump&#8217;s administration has campaigned heavily on the deregulation of U.S. industries, an issue about which Musk and SpaceX have been vocal throughout the testing campaign of SpaceX&#8217;s Starship rocket.<\/p>\n<p>Musk <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/spacex-elon-musk-faa-administrator-resign\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/spacex-elon-musk-faa-administrator-resign\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">called for the resignation<\/a> of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Michael Whitaker in September after the FAA fined SpaceX for two launch violations. SpaceX <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/spacex-letter-congress-contest-faa-fines\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/spacex-letter-congress-contest-faa-fines\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">threatened to sue the FAA<\/a> for &#8220;regulatory overreach&#8221; in response.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/space-force-national-guard-trump-2024\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/space-force-national-guard-trump-2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">touted his accomplishments<\/a> in American spaceflight for years, stating that one of his proudest achievements of his first term was creating the U.S. Space Force. 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