NASA administrator Bill Nelson called for an investigation into a report that Elon Musk has been having secret conversations with Russian President Vladimir Putin while dually involved in classified intelligence contracts with the U.S. government.
“I don’t know that that story is true. I think it should be investigated,” Nelson said Fridayat a Semafor conference in Washington. “If the story’s true, that there have been multiple conversations between Elon Musk and the president of Russia, then I think that would be concerning, particularly for NASA, the Department of Defense, for some of the intelligence agencies.”
Lol, everything in the states is under funded with the exception of the military, so it’s a good thing the military doesn’t need to send anything to space.
Edit: Apparently I dropped this /s
Air Force and Space Force(cringe) often send up satellites and other material into space.
https://www.spaceforce.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Article/2197774/defense-support-program-satellites/
https://spacenews.com/air-force-selects-space-programs-for-quick-start-initiative/
Also NASA was initially just a program to develop ICBMs
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1057/978-1-349-95851-1_3
I’m aware of this. I don’t understand what point you’re making though. Are you saying that SpaceX hasn’t sent up anything for the military?
The military sends their own stuff up, NASA isn’t involved.
SpaceX don’t send anything up yet for the military but they start next year.
https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/10/spacex-sweeps-latest-round-of-military-launch-contracts/
Frankly I’m more concerned about the military using Starlink than SpaceX rockets.
https://spacenews.com/pentagon-embracing-spacexs-starshield-for-future-military-satcom/
I think we’re confused by what you’re saying.
Our entire intelligence network is dependent on the space program because satellites.