@JamesGleick
Kind of amusing / sad that NYT gave itself permission to write about this only after right-wing pols said the obvious, that the guy is demented
Presumably there'd be Congressional interest in a private citizen monitoring an ally's military in real-time, chatting with the enemy about it, then thwarting the ally. But the GOP House will protect Musk, and the Senate will likely continue its proud tradition of doing nothing.
This should disqualify SpaceX's certification to launch DoD assets. You cannot have a defense contractor launching our intelligence satellites run by an individual who takes orders from foreign officials, much less Russian ones, as Musk did in this situation. We will see how gutless DoD is here as well.