Manifest Space: Air Force Secretary on SpaceX, China and The Future of War with Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall 9/15/23

Published: Sept. 15, 2023, 5 p.m.

Walter Isaacson\u2019s new biography on Elon Musk sparked controversy with the revelation that the SpaceX founder withheld Starlink internet services to Ukraine in a military operation on Russia last year. While the company was not under military contract at the time\u2014and has since received funding from the Pentagon\u2014 the disclosure fueled the debate that U.S. government and allies are too reliant on SpaceX. U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall joins Morgan Brennan from the floor of the Air Force Association\u2019s annual Air, Space, Cyber conference to discuss national security contracts, China, AI and more.