Two Democratic senators are asking the Pentagon to review SpaceX right away. They want to know if Chinese investors secretly bought shares in the rocket company. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Andy Kim sent a letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. They asked him to look into reports that foreign groups might have hidden access to the important private company.
This matters because SpaceX is very important to national security. According to Reuters, the company launches military and intelligence satellites for the U.S. government. Its Starlink network is also critical. The Pentagon uses it, and Ukraine depends on it heavily for defense. Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, founded SpaceX.
