Right now, on an island in the middle of an ocean, thousands of miles away from their homes, a team of Defense Department engineers and employees sit idly, wondering when they’re ever coming home.
They sit idly because up until last week, they were awaiting arrival of a new team of workers tasked with advancing a project the DOD has been working on for years now. The project has been deemed vital for our nation’s defense, and specifically for its abilities to track and detect long-range attacks.
But then along came Elon Musk and his team of teenage programmers.
Last week, they essentially zeroed out all government-issued credit cards, placing a $1 limit on most. That includes travel. And that included the new team that was supposed to travel to the undisclosed island to help complete the work.