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Elon Musk's Security Clearance Reportedly Under Review Due to Pot Use

posted by chromas on Friday March 08 2019, @05:55PM   Printer-friendly
from the didn't-inhale dept.

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

[...] Musk has a top-secret level clearance because the company he founded and leads is certified to launch military spy satellites for the US government.

The review underscores the ramifications of Musk's appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast in September, where he took a puff of a marijuana blunt during the livestream. Musk's appearance on the program didn't sit well with NASA's top officials, who earlier this month ordered a review of the workplace cultures of SpaceX and Boeing.

NASA's contracts with the aerospace companies -- worth a combined total of $6.8 billion -- require both companies "maintain a program for achieving a drug-and alcohol-free workforce."

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  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Friday March 08 2019, @06:31PM (4 children)

    by takyon (881) <takyonNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Friday March 08 2019, @06:31PM (#811650) Journal

    Exotic foreign agents could entrance you while you are under the influence of the Ganja. Or it could turn you into a literal psychopath on a killing rampage using government-funded heavy machinery.

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  • (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 08 2019, @06:39PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 08 2019, @06:39PM (#811653)

    I smoked 7 times in my life and went on 7 rampages. Coincidence? I think NOT!

    Oh, should've clarified, it was Angel Dusted pot, does that matter?

    • (Score: 2) by takyon on Friday March 08 2019, @06:41PM

      by takyon (881) <takyonNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Friday March 08 2019, @06:41PM (#811654) Journal

      Yes. Forget the clearances, Satan Himself is in play!

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    • (Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Friday March 08 2019, @06:47PM (1 child)

      by DeathMonkey (1380) on Friday March 08 2019, @06:47PM (#811658) Journal

      Oh, should've clarified, it was Angel Dusted pot, does that matter?

      Of course it does!!

      What kind of idiot ruins their angel dust like that?

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 08 2019, @07:47PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 08 2019, @07:47PM (#811682)

        I heard you can fit a million doses in the tip of one hypodermic!