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, NASA director Bill Nelson gave a fascinating and telling answer when asked about Musk's ownership of the spaceflight firm that enjoys
"Elon Musk's decision-making has come under a lot of scrutiny in recent years when it comes to some of his other companies, Twitter and Tesla," interviewer Scott Detrow asked. "Are you concerned that so much of this plan is in the hands of Elon Musk at this point in time?" "Elon Musk... one of the most important decisions he made, as a matter of fact, is he picked a president named Gwynne Shotwell," Nelson demurred. "She runs SpaceX. She is excellent. And so I have no concerns.""Tell me that the distraction that Elon might have on Twitter is not going to affect SpaceX," Nelson recalled querying Shotwell.
In response, she apparently told him that it hadn't harmed the spaceflight company and that he had "nothing to worry about." "I hugged her with a smile on my face, because I know she is running that thing," the NASA director continued. "She’s running SpaceX."All the same, the former deputy director of NASA remarked in a tell-all memoir released in 2022 that prior to taking over as head of the agency, Nelson was even more anti-Musk than he is now.
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