Lawmakers Seek Pentagon Probe of SpaceX Over Potential China-Linked Investment

A Feb. 5 letter urges the Pentagon to check whether China-linked money entered SpaceX through offshore vehicles as its military role expands.

SpaceX's Polaris Dawn Falcon 9 rocket sits on Launch Complex 39A of NASA's Kennedy Space Center, near Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Sept. 9, 2024 Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Two senators are urging the Pentagon to find out whether investors tied to China hold stakes in SpaceX, one of the United States’ most important defense contractors and a key provider of military launch services.

In a Feb. 5 letter to Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Andy Kim (D-N.J.) said recently unsealed court records and media reports raise concern about whether Chinese money reached SpaceX through intermediaries and offshore entities.