Newly unveiled testimony has revealed that Elon Musk’s SpaceX took money directly from Chinese investors, despite its extremely close ties to the United States military.The reporting suggested that SpaceX was trying to avoid scrutiny of its ties to China. Case in point, the company canceled a 2021 deal worth $50 million with a Chinese firm when plans became public. SpaceX has long been an extremely important military contractor to the Department of Defense, including multimillion-dollar spy and weather satellite launch contracts.Musk has personally maintained a “kind of pro-China” stance, developing important relationships with the nation for his EV maker, Tesla. Is China investing in SpaceX a security risk for the US ?

