NASA Chief Calls For Investigation Into Report Of Elon Musk's Talks With Putin
NASA administrator Bill Nelson called for an investigation into a report that Elon Musk has been having secret conversations with Russian President Vladimir Putin while dually involved in classified intelligence contracts with the U.S. government.
“I don’t know that that story is true. I think it should be investigated,” Nelson said Fridayat a Semafor conference in Washington. “If the story’s true, that there have been multiple conversations between Elon Musk and the president of Russia, then I think that would be concerning, particularly for NASA, the Department of Defense, for some of the intelligence agencies.”
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Better: maybe this gives SpaceX leverage to boot Musk and get away from the madness before the X fiasco sinks Tesla
And all of his tax breaks too please
This is great, assuming Nelson or someone similar is NASA Admin after January and not Elon Musk. That’s a fucking terrifying thought.
I'd like someone else as NASA admin tbh... We need to axe the SLS.
How can someone with that much money look like such a dork?
It's the ugly growth on his neck. If he would just get that removed, we'd all like him much more.
His head? I know! Ew
I think you're giving too much credit to surgery. He'd still be a huge dork. That little flap of skin didn't dress him in the morning.
I assumed they were referring to his head...
Oh! Is that what that thing is? I still say he should get rid of it. It's not doing him any favors.
Because it's not the money, it's the autism.
Ooo please tell me Musk leaked some secrets… please tell me he’s about to get a dank cell someplace…. Unpleasant.
Hmm... I want him to be in a dark cell, but I also don't want Russia to have any advantages because of what he did.
Russia is collapsing, probably somewhere around 2025-2026, hi-tech won't help them. So as a trade-off I'd take a little secret to putin for an unpleasant cell for musko.
Then they sell that info to China. I'm still not happy about it. But I'll take it if it means Musk in a cell.
Oh yeah didn't think about that. Possibly to Iran and NK too...
Ohhhh boy. Don't fuck with the space program.
Well, NASA sometimes works with sensitive info and projects of which sometimes can get shared with their contractors, SpaceX included. Having Musk going through with his escapades, acting otherwise unstably, and now talking with an unfriendly figure to the US. It starts to raise some serious questions regarding national security. NASA is more or less just bringing it to attention.
Just because they're underfunded doesn't mean they lack teeth. SpaceX isn't launching in the US without them.
They're underfunded mainly because Congress would rather spend money through SpaceX instead of NADA, because they can make money from SpaceX and other private goons. NASA benefits all Americans, which is just Communism...
Lol, everything in the states is under funded with the exception of the military, so it's a good thing the military doesn't need to send anything to space.
Edit: Apparently I dropped this /s
Air Force and Space Force(cringe) often send up satellites and other material into space.
https://www.spaceforce.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Article/2197774/defense-support-program-satellites/
https://spacenews.com/air-force-selects-space-programs-for-quick-start-initiative/
Also NASA was initially just a program to develop ICBMs
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1057/978-1-349-95851-1_3
I'm aware of this. I don't understand what point you're making though. Are you saying that SpaceX hasn't sent up anything for the military?
I think we're confused by what you're saying.
The military sends their own stuff up, NASA isn't involved.
SpaceX don't send anything up yet for the military but they start next year.
https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/10/spacex-sweeps-latest-round-of-military-launch-contracts/
Frankly I'm more concerned about the military using Starlink than SpaceX rockets.
https://spacenews.com/pentagon-embracing-spacexs-starshield-for-future-military-satcom/
Our entire intelligence network is dependent on the space program because satellites.
Yank the fuckers top secret clearance IMMEDIATELY
Yes, AND nationalize spaceX
Should have happened after he started fucking with Starlink in Ukraine to aid a hostile state actor. Insanity.
It should be looked into.
Half of America is reciting the narcissists prayer on their behalf right now.
Silly cheaf. We don't investigate billionaires
He didn't really call for it though... He just vaguely said that if it was true, it should be investigated - in a way that doesn't commit him to action.
Traitor trash musk
NASA is the only one that needs to maintain a good PR to continue getting funding. Funding that, correct me if I'm wrong, only gets approved by one side. Not the one Musky boy is reping.
Wait, what?!? I'm genuinely perplexed if you think that NASA funding comes only from Dems...
I think they're alluding to the fact that Republicans often support reducing funding for NASA. Not that the money directly comes from Democrats.
Did they misspell NSA?
NASA = space stuff
SpaceX = space stuff
Rational reasons for concern by NASA chief...
Gonna be a tough pill to swallow for a lot of people if Trump and Elon actually do manage to end the war with reasonable terms.
Not saying I'm optimistic that this will happen but I guess you can't really rule it out either. I have a feeling that Putin is pretty much done with this shitshow and would be willing to take an exit that'll preserve even half of his face.
How is the weather in the troll farms?