Sen. Mark Kelly, his brother, Scott Kelly, and NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams "all share similar backgrounds," former NASA astronaut and retired U.S. Navy Capt. Winston Scott said on Newsmax.
"We're all naval aviators. We served on board ships flying military airplanes. We all flew in space together. But even though we share that in common, we disagree on some things as well," he told "Newsline," including in their opinions of tech billionaire Elon Musk.
Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., has been feuding publicly with Musk after the Tesla CEO labeled him a "traitor" for arguing that it is important for the U.S. to stand with Ukraine.
In return, Kelly announced he would sell one of his Tesla vehicles, saying he didn't want to drive a car "built and designed by an a-hole."
Scott lauded Musk.
"I applaud this administration and Elon Musk for not only what he's done in space but giving us access to space," he said Monday. "If it wasn't for Space X, we'd have no access to space from American soil. So, I applaud Elon Musk for that. And I also applaud this administration and Elon Musk for bringing Butch and Suni home when they did. If it had not been for space X, they would still be up there."
Scott highlighted taxpayer funds and responsibility.
"So, I think Elon Musk is doing some great things. And if anybody really pays attention to what he's doing, how can they possibly disagree with it? He's showing us where our taxpayer money is being spent and where the waste is, and how we ought to go about cleaning it up. So having said that again, I think Elon Musk is a great American," he added.
"He's employing thousands of Americans. He's building cars in the U.S., he's putting Americans to work. So the list goes on and on and on and on. And my hat's off" to him.
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