Elon Musk

[Pat Mustard]

Only because Musk bribed the acting head of NASA at the time.

Where can I read more about this?

Got details slightly wrong it was Associate Administrator (the position just below the Administrator) Kathy Leuders who was bribed with a cushy job in SpaceX just after she "retired" from her NASA job.

Shortly before leaving NASA Leuders was sole sign off (as she was the highest ranking officer of NASA at the time) on the contract between SpaceX and NASA for their lunar lander, despite the SpaceX design being the least developed and least suited for the job of the three designs. It is even admitted in internal documents released under FOI that Leuders made the decision despite SpaceX being the worst choice of all three for the job. The youtube channel Common Sense Skeptic goes through this contract in detail in one of their videos, but unfortunately I cannot remember which one.