NASA says there’s no evidence of drug use at Elon Musk’s SpaceX

SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California, US, on Tuesday, April 19, 2022. Brimming with SpaceX engineers, Hawthorne, California, has become an unlikely focal point for a new era of manufacturing. Photographer: Alisha Jucevic/Bloomberg

Elon Musk’s SpaceX isn’t in violation of workplace rules on alcohol and drugs that could jeopardize the rocket launch and satellite service provider’s government contracts as far as NASA is aware, according to the space agency.

“The agency does not have evidence of non-compliance from SpaceX on how the company addresses the drug- and alcohol-free workforce regulations,” the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said Thursday in a statement. “We expect our commercial partners to meet all workplace safety requirements in the execution of those missions and the services they provide the American people.”

Questions about Space Exploration Technologies Corp.’s compliance with those requirements have arisen after a Jan. 6 report in The Wall Street Journal about Musk’s history of recreational drug use, including ketamine, LSD, cocaine, ecstasy and psychedelic mushrooms.

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NASA’s statement said it enforces and verifies compliance with alcohol and drug-free workplace contract clauses that mandate contractors maintain a “robust and effective” corporate culture and safety program.