Why Elon Musk just went to war with NASA’s chief

为什么埃隆·马斯克与NASA局长公开对峙

Apple News Today

2025-10-22

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A power struggle is going on at NASA as it struggles to keep one of its most ambitious projects on schedule. Emily Glazer, enterprise reporter at the Wall Street Journal, discusses the back-and-forth over who should lead the agency — and how Elon Musk is involved. In Israel, Vice President JD Vance this week said he is optimistic about the Gaza ceasefire. NPR reports on how his visit comes as Israel changes rules over aid groups working in the region. Around 200,000 Afghan refugees have come to the U.S. since the war in their country ended. The Washington Post’s John Woodrow Cox tells the story of one man who supported the U.S. during the war but now faces deportation as Trump ends programs created to help Afghans. Plus, a Trump nominee withdraws after incendiary texts were revealed, the trick to reducing the chances of a peanut allergy, and how one of the NBA’s biggest young stars is getting even bigger. Today’s episode was hosted by Shumita Basu.
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  • Good morning. It's Wednesday, October 22nd.

  • I'm Shamita Basu.

  • This is Apple News Today.

  • On today's show,

  • Trump's peacekeeping efforts seemingly in limbo revoked rights for Afghans who helped the U.S.

  • Army and why the rate of childhood peanut allergies might finally be going back down.

  • But first, to the power struggle over who should lead NASA,

  • just as its next mission to the moon could be veering off course.

  • There have been a ton of budget cuts and staff departures and leadership questions,

  • and so the future of NASA and all that it encompasses has had a ton of uncertainty recently.

  • That's Emily Glazer, a reporter with The Wall Street Journal.

  • Right now, she told us there's no permanent head of the country's space agency.

  • It's being led temporarily by Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy.

  • He has no formal science or aerospace background, which is highly unusual for NASA leadership,

  • but he appears to want the job on a permanent basis and has even suggested folding it into his government department.

  • Another name that's been floated to lead the space agency is Jared Isaacman,

  • a man who once seemed perfectly placed and had the backing of President Trump.

  • He's a billionaire.

  • He's an entrepreneur.

  • He's also an astronaut.