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Sen. Feinstein staffer blasts off to SpaceX

Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Oct. 20, 2021

A Democratic Senate staffer has launched a new career with SpaceX.

Joe Petrzelka joined the aerospace giant from the office of Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), where he was a legislative assistant. He's also worked for then-Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Petrzelka is now a global government-affairs manager for SpaceX, which many experts now predict will surpass the value of fellow Elon Musk behemoth Tesla. SpaceX has disclosed spending nearly $2.3 million on its federal lobbying program in the last year.