Futurism by Victor Tangermann 8/25/2021
Did ULA really try to dig up dirt?
An alleged email leak appears to show the United Launch Alliance, a prominent SpaceX competitor, plotting to spread damaging conspiracy theories about SpaceX CEO Elon Musk.
The authenticity of the emails has yet to be confirmed, though Ars Technica is reporting that they “appear to be legitimate.” ULA spokeswoman Jessica Rye told Ars Technica that “we will not comment at this time but are taking this alleged cyber crime seriously.”
“While we are continuing to thoroughly investigate, we have no evidence to suggest any ULA accounts or systems have been breached,” Rye added.
The emails, first surfaced by Backchannel — no, not Steven Levy’s Backchannel, but a just-launched Substack that only has two posts — show an apparent email conversation between ULA VP Robbie Sabethier and Hasan Solomon, a lobbyist at the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers.
In the email exchanges, Solomon and Sabethier appear to discuss a larger conspiracy theory about Musk, claiming that the billionaire was conspiring with former president Donald Trump and that Musk is a supporter of the Chinese Communist Party and its interests.
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