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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: 1, Troll) by Azuma Hazuki on Friday March 08 2019, @08:11PM (1 child)

    by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Friday March 08 2019, @08:11PM (#811694) Journal

    Precisely! The elite have stripmined this planet and are now planning to go off-world and let the rest of us slowly rot and starve. Life imitates art, and in this case it's imitating a whole lot of late 20th-century sci-fi. We know they won't be able to do it of course, but they're still going to ruin our natal homeworld...

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  • (Score: 1) by Tokolosh on Saturday March 09 2019, @04:06AM

    by Tokolosh (585) on Saturday March 09 2019, @04:06AM (#811935)

    He's already left one country for better prospects in another. You can bet he'll do it again. Just so you know, his first country bitterly regrets his leaving, and wishes he would come back. Same goes for Mark Shuttleworth and numerous others. Be careful what you wish for.

    Anyway, I'm sure Mr. Musk is not as heartless as you say, and will include you on the B Ark.