Watch the Elon Musk SpaceX meeting that may have led to alleged drug-taking concerns
SpaceX recently released a recording of a company meeting from 2017 featuring Elon Musk.
It comes after a report that a "cringeworthy" all-hands had led to worries Musk was on drugs.
It's unclear whether the recording is from the same meeting.
Elon Musk is in the spotlight again, this time following a January 6 report that some SpaceX executives were concerned the billionaire was on drugs during an all-hands meeting in 2017.
Two days after the Wall Street Journal article, SpaceX released a lengthy recording of one of its all-hands meetings from the same year on X (also owned by Musk.) And while it's unclear whether the video is of the same meeting referenced in the Journal, it could be seen as a response to the story about Musk's alleged drug use.
The broader Journal report said that some executives at the rocket company had been troubled by Musk's behavior at a 2017 all-hands meeting when he "slurred his words and rambled for around 15 minutes." Some in attendance described the event as "unhinged" and "cringeworthy" to the newspaper.
In the video from SpaceX, Musk does appear to stumble over his words at several points. At one point he confuses the day for Friday instead of Tuesday and misstates the timing for a series of SpaceX flights. SpaceX COO Gwynne Shotwell casually corrects him both times. At a different point, Musk feigns a swoon at a picture of a rocket launch, telling the crowd he's "weak in the knees."
SpaceX completed 18 successful missions in 2017, launching flight-proven rockets and spacecrafts for the first time. It was a record-setting year and we were just getting started on our path toward a more exciting future.
Watch the full company talk with @elonmusk: pic.twitter.com/L24bWkIBTf— SpaceX (@SpaceX) January 9, 2024
"Sorry, I'm like slurring my words and I want to try to enunciate my words," Musk says at another point. "Sorry, I got almost no sleep last night, brain's not working properly."
During at least two points in the presentation, Musk appears to ask Shotwell for input.