NASA Head Calls for Investigation Into Musk-Putin Contacts

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson has called for an investigation into ’s communications with the Kremlin after a found that the billionaire X CEO and donor has been regularly communicating with Russian President Vladimir Putin since late 2022. “I don’t know that that story is true,” Nelson told on Friday. “I think it should be investigated.

If the story is 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, for the Department of Defense, [and] for some of the intelligence agencies.” Asked about the WSJ report on Elon Musk's conversations with Putin, tells : "[SpaceX] have been phenomenally successful ..



. I don't know that that story is true. I think it should be investigated.

If the story is true ...

that would be concerning." — Semafor (@semafor) NASA partners with SpaceX, which Nelson praised as “phenomenally successful.” The news about a close Musk-Putin relationship comes not long after it reported that Donald Trump himself has also been talking with Putin since leaving office.

According to journalist Bob Woodward, Trump has had conversations with the Russian president since early 2021. This was also the time period when Trump, as the Justice Department alleges, was in possession of classified national security documents. As for Musk, he hasn’t responded to the allegations.

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