This is an interesting look by the New Yorker’s Ronan Farrow at U.S. government officials walking on eggshells when they ask Elon Musk to do something he doesn’t seem inclined to do. But it leaves out an important detail about NASA relying solely on SpaceX to take astronauts from the U.S. to the ISS and back: If Boeing hadn’t made such a mess of its own crew-transport project, we’d already have a choice of crew vehicles. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/08/28/elon-musks-shadow-rule