‘Make Star Trek real’: Elon Musk welcomes Pete Hegseth to the Texas Starbase

Billionaire Elon Musk has welcomed US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to the Texas Starbase.

Hegseth made the stop at the SpaceX facility as part of his Arsenal of Freedom” tour.

The “Arsenal of Freedom” campaign is to promote the Trump administration’s priorities for the US military.

Musk introduced the secretary of war highlighting the importance of local manufacturing to US strength.

Musk also laid out his wishes for SpaceX as a real-world “Starfleet Academy”.

Hegseth spoke on the importance of technological innovation to the Department of War.

The secretary of war also spoke on the “risk-averse” military-industrial complex, vowing that the US will gain technological supremacy.