President Trump is proposing to put Elon Musk in charge of improving government efficiency, perhaps the most Herculean task ever undertaken by anyone. But Elon may be up to it, based on his own encounters with government regulators. Here, he hilariously recounts his efforts to convince federal regulators that the risk of his rocket landing on a shark or a whale, upon re-entry, is not a serious one:
This story of strangulation by over-regulation from @elonmusk about the government requiring @SpaceX to asses whether their rockets could potentially hit SHARKS and WHALES is side-splittingly hilarious. 🤣 pic.twitter.com/E06XIJm7zy
— Colin Wright (@SwipeWright) October 20, 2024
As so often happens, we are left to wonder how we ever get anything done in America.
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