NASA Head: Investigate Musk’s Secret Calls With Putin

Semafor reports:

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson told Semafor’s Burgess Everett Friday that a Wall Street Journal report about calls between SpaceX founder Elon Musk and Russian President Vladimir Putin “should be investigated.”

“I don’t know if that story is true,” Nelson said. “If it’s true there have been multiple conversations with Elon Musk and the president of Russia, then that would be concerning, particularly for NASA and the Department of Defense,” he added.

SpaceX is a key commercial partner for NASA: On Friday, NASA’s Crew-8 mission members returned to Earth on a SpaceX capsule.

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Asked about the WSJ report on Elon Musk’s conversations with Putin, @SenBillNelson tells @burgessev:

“[SpaceX] have been phenomenally successful … I don’t know that that story is true. I think it should be investigated. If the story is true … that would be concerning.” pic.twitter.com/5Mlo2AEDNx

— Semafor (@semafor) October 25, 2024