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[...] 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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Elon Musk's Security Clearance Reportedly Under Review Due to Pot Use
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Everything you know is wrong!
(Score: 2) by RS3 on Saturday March 09 2019, @01:40AM
You're preaching to the choir brother. I wasn't talking about cannabis- it's (finally) on its way to being legalized, and mostly ignored. It's the heroin and cocaine and whatever else they find that I'm talking about, and there are occasionally high-profile cases in the news of wealthy people somehow getting into some kind of big mess on those drugs. I don't follow the stories much nor in detail, partly because I'm so sick of hearing about it. I don't work for the govt. nor contractors nor have anything to do with that world.