U.S. President Joe Biden said he wished Tesla CEO Elon Musk “lots of luck on his trip to the moon,” after being asked about the latter’s comment about having a “super bad feeling” about the economy. Following Biden’s comment, Musk tweeted out a thanks to the president with a link referencing NASA awarding SpaceX a $2.9-billion contract to build a spacecraft to bring astronauts to the moon.
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