Elon Musk accused the Department of Education of "funding anti-Americanism, gender nonsense and anti-meritocratic racism."

Musk might also take aim at NASA’s other contracts to serve his interests. Last year, for example, he attacked Boeing over its Starliner program. Some of the many young programmers in DOGE, such as Luke Farritor and Marko Elez, already have connections to SpaceX.