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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 isostatic on Friday March 08 2019, @07:55PM (2 children)

    by isostatic (365) on Friday March 08 2019, @07:55PM (#811690) Journal

    Musk has the ability to launch multi ton vehicles to escape velocity. He therefore has the ability to launch tungston rods and target them to return anywhere on earth.

    Nukes, but without the radiation.

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  • (Score: 2) by Snow on Friday March 08 2019, @08:21PM

    by Snow (1601) on Friday March 08 2019, @08:21PM (#811705) Journal

    For some reason that worries me less than the current holder(s) of nukes.

  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 08 2019, @11:10PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 08 2019, @11:10PM (#811809)
    Extremely unlikely. His company is not the government; his people will talk. It will be legal and proper for them to report the dangerous activity to the government. SpaceX is full of young smart people, you cannot hide anything from them.