When the millionaire CEO of electric-car startup Tesla flew to Washington, D.C., to secure a $465 million U.S. government loan, he flew on his own private jet. But he billed the money-losing startup for the trip. Legal, yes. Appropriate, no.
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President Obama's plan to scrap the Constellation space program designed to send U.S. astronauts to the moon was condemned by senators from states with heavy space industries, as the policy shift reignited questions about the mission of the U.S. space program and the role of private companies in that effort. Among them: Just how important is it that America return to the moon, or reach Mars? And can private companies be trusted to handle America's most dangerous space missions?
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