NASA chief spoke with SpaceX official about Musk’s Twitter ‘distraction’

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12-12-2022, 19:30

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INA – SOURCES

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said he pulled aside the head of SpaceX to raise concerns about Elon Musk’s controversies at Twitter potentially affecting the space company.

Nelson said he asked Gwynne Shotwell, the president and COO of SpaceX, earlier this month if controversy at Twitter would affect business at SpaceX, a crucial partner for NASA.

“Tell me that the distraction that Elon might have on Twitter is not going to affect SpaceX,” Nelson said he told her.

Shotwell responded that “you have nothing to worry about,” according to Nelson’s recounting of the conversation.

Nelson said that he is not concerned about SpaceX, which Musk runs as CEO, and that he was reassured by Shotwell.