Trump gatecrashed a NASA press conference after SpaceX launched a $4.3 billion space telescope
President Donald Trump phoned NASA boss Jared Isaacman during a press conference, saying the SpaceX launch looked "beautiful on television."
President Donald Trump joined a NASA press conference via a phone call after the launch of a $4.3 billion deep space telescope. The Nancy Grace Roman telescope, designed to study dark matter and dark energy, was launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. Before the launch, Trump congratulated NASA administrator Jared Isaacman on the successful mission. The telescope, which has been in development for over a decade, will block out starlight to directly observe exoplanets potentially harboring life.
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