Elon Musk Accuses Head of NASA of Being "Gay"

""I think we'll see companies like Blue get involved, and maybe others," Duffy said, referring to Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin. The Amazon cofounder happens to be one of Musk's most reviled nemeses. "We're going to have a space race in regard to American companies competing to see who can actually get us back to the Moon first," Duffy said, saying that SpaceX is "behind schedule" and that NASA won't "wait for one company.""

""Also, one question," Musk wrote, affixing it with a GIF of a viral clip of a Ugandan TV host infamously asking trans activist Pepe Julian Onziema in 2012 the question: "Why are you gay?" (Uganda has since introduced a law that punishes same-sex intimacy with life in prison or the death penalty.) Duffy married his wife, Rachel Campos-Duffy, in 1999, roughly a year after meeting her during the filming of the reality TV show "Real World: Boston.""

"Musk's latest missive is the kind of childish and bigoted outburst we've come to expect from the richest man in the world. Musk has used his enormous social following for discriminatory commentary for many years now, from shockingly sexist tweets to furthering outlandish antisemitic conspiracy theories. The news comes after Musk accused Duffy - who he called "Sean Dummy" - of " trying to kill NASA" and having a " two-digit IQ.""

Secretary of Transportation and interim NASA administrator Sean Duffy announced plans to open NASA's contract with SpaceX to competitors amid delays in SpaceX's timeline for delivering astronauts to the lunar surface. Duffy named Blue Origin as a potential competitor and warned NASA will not wait for a single company. Elon Musk responded on social media by posting a GIF referencing a viral Ugandan clip that asked 'Why are you gay?', a move widely characterized as a homophobic slur. Musk has previously directed insults at Duffy and faced criticism for discriminatory commentary on his social platforms.

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