Needless to say, world-famous entrepreneur Elon Musk has not been able to catch a break in recent months. After several week-smoking incidents sparked a media firestorm this summer, the Space X and Tesla founder is swatting away problems speeding in from the left and the right, including sanctions from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, a no-platform approach from Twitter, and cruel words from celebrities. Nevertheless, his company Space X has continued to succeed, having launched its Falcon Heavy for the very first time during an already impressive launch year. Likewise, NASA has placed its seal of approval on another SpaceX rocket, and the FCC gave the green light for SpaceX satellites. So what else could possibly go wrong? Well, NASA seeing a video of Musk smoking weed certainly wouldn’t help. Let’s see why the National Aeronautics and Space Administration is peering into the social life of one of our most social businessmen.
Leave No Space Rock Unturned
Over the course of its business dealings, NASA has always taken extreme precautions when dealing with contractors, which is understandable. After all, a company should tread carefully when it has astronauts’ lives on the lines. Taking several months to complete, the assessments leave no stone unturned, and, sometime next year, NASA will submit SpaceX and Boeing to these same rigorous tests. However, the administration’s most complex case is SpaceX, for one reason: Elon Musk.
Recently, the businessman was smoking marijuana on a podcast, according to some unidentified people from the Washington Post. However, NASA spokesman Bob Jacobs did not comment on whether or not Musk’s blunt smoking initiated the investigation. However, he did reinforce the importance of NASA upholding a drug-free, clean work environment. After all, the administration sank $2.6 billion for Musk’s Commercial Crew Program for SpaceX.
Engrained Public Image
So, will this investigation permanently destroy Musk’s public image? We cannot give you an exact answer to this question, but the recent events in Musk’s life speak for themselves. Recently, he had to step down from the Tesla chair position due to the 420 “funding secured” tweet, and his secret life came to a screeching halt after Azealia Banks claimed that Musk and Grimes (a Canadian pop star) kidnapped her. Likewise, Musk has defamed a Thai volunteer who helped save the boys of the youth soccer team who were trapped in a cave.
We cannot say what NASA will say about these incidences, but the assessment will uncover more.
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