For many rocketry enthusiasts, watching SpaceX launches was an exciting hobby — one that they’d travel down to the very bottom of Texas to witness in person at the Starbase launch facility off the Gulf of Mexico. But with CEO Elon Musk now fully entrenched in bigoted right-wing politics, that joy has turned to grief for former fans, who now lament the loss of their once-joyful pastime. “It’s very sad how SpaceX probably has had its biggest success tonight with Starship and I, a space freak for nearly 44 years, couldn’t be bothered to watch it,” Carney posted. “Science, NASA, and the space program will succeed and continue in spite of him. As for erstwhile SpaceX fans, that hurts.