SpaceX Releases Drugged Elon Musk Staff Meeting Video

In a bid to get ahead of this week’s controversy over Elon Musk’s reported drug abuse, SpaceX published an hour-long video of a 2017 staff meeting in which the influence of narcotics was alleged to be responsible for his “cringeworthy” behavior, Christian Hetzner reported for Fortune.

A 2017 SpaceX meeting showed Musk becoming incomprehensible, rambling on and slurring his words. I Photo: U.S. Air Force

The decision to air the footage can be seen as an attempt to offer full transparency into an episode that could risk billions of dollars in government deals while cutting off oxygen to a damaging story from the Wall Street Journal.

On Saturday, the newspaper published a bombshell article claiming witnesses had seen the tycoon take mind-altering substances like ecstasy, LSD, and even psychedelic mushrooms alongside cocaine in front of them, not once but repeatedly over several years.

One case even included the supposed participation of a SpaceX board director, Steve Jurvetson. “People close to Musk, who is now 52, said his drug use is ongoing, especially his consumption of ketamine,” it wrote.

A 2017 SpaceX meeting showed Musk becoming incomprehensible, rambling on and slurring his words. “After the meeting, SpaceX executives privately talked about their worries Musk was on drugs,” the paper wrote.

“One described the event as ‘nonsensical’, ‘unhinged’ and ‘cringeworthy.’” In the video released late on Monday, Musk does seem to sense he is not firing on all cylinders, confusing a Friday for a Tuesday.

The largest private US company, SpaceX is valued at $150 billion. It seeks to sell consumers point-to-point travel around the earth in under an hour while also setting up a permanent manned base on Mars.

In November, its Starship heavy launch vehicle exploded in its second try to reach Earth’s orbit. Last week it received news the company faced a court case into unlawful termination of employees.

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