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What to Do About Elon Musk?

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Elon Musk's SpaceX company is used by NASA for the majority of its rocket launches.

Musk 's Starlink system of low-orbit satellites is the basis for some military communications.

It is illegal for a private citizen to have their own foreign policy, least of all with an enemy great power.

If Harris is elected, the defense and space programs will need to redouble their efforts to find alternatives to Musk .

Both agencies have been negotiating deals to try to gain more control of technology, even when partly reliant on Musk .

Musk has top-secret clearance, and he has backchannel conversations with Putin , Fernholz says.