FILE: In this handout provided by NASA, the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is seen at Vandenberg Air Force Base Space Launch Complex 4 East with the Jason-3 spacecraft onboard Jan. 16, 2016, in California.

A lawsuit filed by Elon Musk’s SpaceX against the California Coastal Commission was settled in California court this week after more than a year and a half of litigation.

In court documents, the Coastal Commission apologized to Musk and SpaceX for statements made during a 2024 meeting. In the documents, the commission admitted the statements concerning the potential increase of SpaceX rocket launches at Vandenberg Space Force Base “showed political bias against SpaceX and its Chief Executive Officer and were improper.”

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“The Commission agrees that it may not consider irrelevant factors in performing its function and specifically agrees that it will not take into account the perceived political beliefs, political speech, or........

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